MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F021.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-102.77 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -102.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 77 1 950 522 2 900 1010 SFC 864 1378 29.7 18.8 52 10.9 21.7 156 17 315.8 318.8 299.8 365.6 15.98 4 850 1519 26.8 16.8 54 10.0 19.7 158 18 314.2 317.0 298.4 358.7 14.34 5 800 2051 21.6 15.3 67 6.3 17.2 164 19 314.2 316.8 298.1 356.9 13.80 6 750 2608 17.3 12.0 71 5.3 13.8 186 18 315.4 317.7 297.1 352.4 11.87 7 700 3194 13.6 4.9 56 8.7 8.3 213 19 317.5 319.0 294.8 342.1 7.78 8 650 3814 9.6 -10.2 24 19.8 0.7 232 14 319.8 320.4 291.4 328.8 2.70 9 600 4470 3.9 -14.1 25 18.1 -3.4 268 9 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.9 2.13 10 550 5169 -2.0 -18.5 27 16.5 -7.8 298 14 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.3 1.62 11 500 5917 -8.4 -22.7 31 14.2 -12.7 301 20 322.7 323.0 290.9 327.0 1.23 12 450 6722 -15.4 -28.4 32 13.0 -18.4 298 27 323.9 324.0 290.8 326.8 0.82 13 400 7599 -21.4 -42.3 13 20.9 -24.3 302 38 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 14 350 8571 -27.5 -49.4 11 21.8 -29.7 303 47 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 15 300 9661 -35.5 -53.4 14 17.9 -36.7 306 57 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.09 16 250 10906 -43.8 -59.0 17 15.2 -44.5 311 66 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.05 17 200 12371 -54.2 -63.5 31 9.3 -54.4 304 71 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14180 -60.9 -80.9 6 19.9 -61.1 291 26 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16668 -64.1 -86.9 3 22.8 -64.3 225 9 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.90 m Freezing level: 566.74 mb = 4934.66 m = 16189.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.78 mb = 3917.90 m = 12853.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.48 mb = 2750.89 m = 9025.11 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 38.81 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.92 mb = 3254.82 m = 10678.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.78 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -8.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -8.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.27 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 43.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 591.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3029.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.82 mb = 2874.54 m = 9430.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.82 mb = 3790.19 m = 12434.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.82 mb = 13702.77 m = 44956.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2996.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.6 neg: -9.1 tot: 106.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.18 Bulk Rich Number: 27.55 Bulk Shear: 109.97 m/s