MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.97,-103.03 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -103.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 508 2 900 997 SFC 854 1470 29.8 18.0 49 11.8 21.2 149 18 317.0 319.9 299.7 365.1 15.37 4 850 1508 28.1 16.5 50 11.5 19.9 151 19 315.6 318.3 298.6 359.4 14.07 5 800 2042 22.8 15.2 62 7.6 17.5 157 21 315.4 318.1 298.4 358.2 13.73 6 750 2601 18.6 11.8 65 6.7 14.0 179 18 316.7 319.0 297.4 353.3 11.69 7 700 3190 14.7 4.3 50 10.4 8.5 210 16 318.8 320.2 295.0 342.6 7.49 8 650 3811 10.0 -4.6 35 14.6 2.5 236 14 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.9 4.18 9 600 4469 4.2 -10.5 33 14.7 -2.3 259 13 321.0 321.6 291.9 330.5 2.87 10 550 5168 -2.0 -16.1 33 14.1 -7.2 279 16 321.8 322.1 291.3 328.5 1.98 11 500 5917 -8.5 -21.9 33 13.4 -12.6 291 21 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.2 1.32 12 450 6721 -15.2 -30.2 26 15.0 -18.5 296 27 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.69 13 400 7600 -21.0 -43.0 12 22.1 -24.0 301 38 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.21 14 350 8574 -27.3 -48.3 12 21.0 -29.4 302 47 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.14 15 300 9664 -35.2 -53.2 14 18.0 -36.4 302 55 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.09 16 250 10910 -43.6 -56.9 22 13.2 -44.2 304 65 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 17 200 12374 -54.5 -62.5 37 7.9 -54.7 300 68 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.04 18 150 14181 -61.4 -81.0 6 19.6 -61.6 290 25 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16663 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.4 -64.7 210 8 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.14 m Freezing level: 565.85 mb = 4946.67 m = 16229.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.57 mb = 4152.42 m = 13623.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.21 mb = 2959.01 m = 9707.93 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 38.54 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3521.63 m = 11553.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -8.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: -8.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 42.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 617.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3020.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.54 mb = 3086.49 m = 10126.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.54 mb = 3893.38 m = 12773.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.54 mb = 13638.19 m = 44744.18 ft B at Equ Level: 3003.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 289.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 23.09 Bulk Shear: 130.79 m/s