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: 40.61,-102.08 Latitude: 40.61 Longitude: -102.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 538 2 900 1021 SFC 892 1100 28.1 19.3 59 8.9 21.7 130 16 311.3 314.3 298.7 360.2 15.95 4 850 1525 23.2 16.4 66 6.8 18.4 136 21 310.4 313.1 297.3 353.0 13.94 5 800 2052 19.3 12.6 65 6.7 14.8 151 20 311.7 313.9 296.0 347.2 11.55 6 750 2604 15.6 8.5 63 7.1 11.1 183 20 313.5 315.3 294.9 342.5 9.34 7 700 3186 11.7 5.2 64 6.5 7.8 213 22 315.4 317.0 294.4 340.3 7.94 8 650 3802 8.1 -3.8 43 12.0 2.0 247 23 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.5 4.43 9 600 4456 3.1 -11.1 34 14.3 -3.0 278 18 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.8 2.72 10 550 5153 -2.9 -13.8 43 10.8 -7.2 302 21 320.6 321.1 291.3 328.6 2.40 11 500 5898 -9.6 -17.1 55 7.5 -12.2 308 27 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.1 2.00 12 450 6700 -16.6 -23.5 55 6.9 -18.4 302 30 322.3 322.6 290.8 326.7 1.27 13 400 7573 -22.3 -37.7 23 15.4 -24.7 298 37 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.37 14 350 8544 -27.9 -48.8 12 20.9 -29.9 306 40 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.13 15 300 9631 -36.6 -49.9 24 13.2 -37.6 310 43 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 16 250 10867 -45.4 -59.8 18 14.3 -45.9 309 60 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12328 -53.3 -68.1 15 14.7 -53.6 304 75 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14154 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 287 31 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16669 -63.3 -86.4 3 23.1 -63.5 234 11 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.03 m Freezing level: 574.13 mb = 4817.05 m = 15803.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.80 mb = 4059.96 m = 13319.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.07 mb = 2223.79 m = 7295.83 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 33.46 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2928.66 m = 9608.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -7.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.81 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 42.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2468.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.75 mb = 2516.13 m = 8254.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.75 mb = 3640.42 m = 11943.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.75 mb = 12901.03 m = 42325.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2437.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 292.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.41 Bulk Rich Number: 13.26 Bulk Shear: 186.14 m/s