MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F021.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 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-102.27 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -102.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 527 2 900 1011 SFC 875 1265 25.4 20.0 72 5.4 21.4 140 16 310.2 313.4 299.1 362.2 17.04 4 850 1517 23.9 18.4 71 5.5 19.9 146 25 311.2 314.2 298.6 359.7 15.83 5 800 2045 20.1 15.1 73 5.0 16.7 162 26 312.6 315.2 297.6 354.7 13.65 6 750 2601 17.9 10.0 60 7.9 12.7 194 25 316.0 318.0 296.3 348.3 10.34 7 700 3188 15.2 1.6 40 13.6 7.4 231 16 319.3 320.5 294.1 339.1 6.16 8 650 3811 10.4 -7.1 29 17.4 1.9 260 13 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.1 3.46 9 600 4468 4.4 -11.5 30 15.9 -2.5 279 14 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.0 2.63 10 550 5169 -1.8 -16.9 31 15.0 -7.4 293 17 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.2 1.85 11 500 5916 -8.3 -22.6 30 14.4 -12.6 300 23 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.3 1.24 12 450 6723 -14.6 -31.2 23 16.6 -18.2 305 30 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.63 13 400 7604 -20.3 -44.3 10 24.0 -23.5 310 37 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.19 14 350 8580 -26.9 -49.6 10 22.7 -29.2 311 45 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.12 15 300 9671 -35.2 -52.2 16 17.0 -36.4 313 54 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 16 250 10917 -44.0 -56.0 25 12.0 -44.5 311 61 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12379 -54.6 -64.0 30 9.5 -54.8 307 64 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14187 -61.3 -81.1 6 19.8 -61.4 281 24 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16671 -64.7 -84.6 5 19.9 -64.9 196 8 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.67 m Freezing level: 564.76 mb = 4961.93 m = 16279.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.44 mb = 4087.76 m = 13411.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.59 mb = 1952.02 m = 6404.19 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 35.00 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3373.10 m = 11066.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.58 C = 94.24 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -8.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.63 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2863.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.07 mb = 2474.49 m = 8118.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.07 mb = 3988.61 m = 13085.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.07 mb = 13547.49 m = 44446.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2849.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 256.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.64 Bulk Rich Number: 15.19 Bulk Shear: 188.55 m/s