MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.04,-102.85 Latitude: 40.04 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 492 2 900 984 SFC 868 1311 32.4 13.8 32 18.6 19.5 158 18 318.2 320.4 297.5 354.4 11.49 4 850 1497 29.6 12.4 35 17.2 17.9 159 22 317.2 319.3 296.8 350.9 10.74 5 800 2033 24.3 11.4 44 12.9 15.7 162 22 317.1 319.1 296.8 350.6 10.66 6 750 2593 19.2 9.8 54 9.4 13.0 171 19 317.4 319.4 296.5 349.4 10.19 7 700 3182 14.3 6.8 61 7.5 9.6 191 14 318.3 320.0 295.8 346.4 8.89 8 650 3802 9.4 1.2 57 8.2 4.7 229 13 319.6 320.8 294.4 340.2 6.44 9 600 4459 3.7 -4.0 57 7.7 -0.2 259 15 320.4 321.4 293.3 335.8 4.74 10 550 5159 -2.6 -8.4 64 5.9 -5.2 276 19 321.1 321.8 292.6 333.1 3.68 11 500 5905 -8.9 -16.6 54 7.7 -11.6 289 26 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.3 2.09 12 450 6710 -15.5 -27.5 35 12.0 -18.4 294 36 323.8 323.9 290.8 326.9 0.89 13 400 7587 -21.2 -42.5 13 21.4 -24.1 299 41 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.4 0.23 14 350 8561 -27.4 -50.7 9 23.2 -29.6 302 40 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 15 300 9650 -35.7 -55.7 11 20.1 -36.9 303 55 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 16 250 10893 -44.2 -57.8 21 13.7 -44.7 306 69 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.06 17 200 12356 -54.3 -63.1 33 8.9 -54.5 300 73 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14169 -60.2 -82.6 4 22.4 -60.3 279 31 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16663 -63.8 -84.2 5 20.4 -64.0 220 9 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.32 m Freezing level: 570.35 mb = 4874.07 m = 15990.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4429.64 m = 14532.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.44 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.45 mb = 3643.46 m = 11953.45 ft T: 10.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 27.51 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.67 mb = 3946.71 m = 12948.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.90 C = 93.03 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 43.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1992.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.68 mb = 3665.90 m = 12027.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.68 mb = 4247.70 m = 13935.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.68 mb = 12824.13 m = 42073.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1979.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.68 mb = 16323.21 m = 53553.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 14.33 Bulk Shear: 139.07 m/s