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: 38.70,-102.29 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -102.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 527 2 900 1011 SFC 874 1273 25.4 19.9 72 5.5 21.3 141 16 310.3 313.5 299.1 362.0 16.95 4 850 1517 24.0 18.4 71 5.6 19.9 146 25 311.2 314.2 298.7 359.7 15.81 5 800 2045 20.1 15.2 73 4.9 16.7 161 26 312.6 315.2 297.7 354.7 13.69 6 750 2600 17.9 10.1 60 7.8 12.8 193 25 316.0 318.0 296.3 348.5 10.41 7 700 3188 15.2 1.6 40 13.6 7.3 230 16 319.3 320.5 294.1 339.0 6.15 8 650 3810 10.4 -7.3 28 17.7 1.8 258 13 320.7 321.4 292.2 331.9 3.40 9 600 4468 4.4 -11.8 30 16.2 -2.6 278 14 321.2 321.7 291.7 329.8 2.58 10 550 5168 -1.8 -17.0 30 15.2 -7.4 292 17 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.2 1.84 11 500 5916 -8.2 -22.5 31 14.2 -12.5 299 23 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.4 1.26 12 450 6723 -14.6 -30.4 25 15.8 -18.1 305 30 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.3 0.67 13 400 7604 -20.3 -43.2 11 22.9 -23.5 310 37 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.4 0.21 14 350 8579 -26.9 -49.9 9 23.0 -29.2 311 45 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 15 300 9671 -35.2 -52.1 16 16.9 -36.4 312 54 335.7 335.8 293.3 336.2 0.10 16 250 10916 -44.0 -56.1 25 12.1 -44.5 311 61 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12378 -54.6 -64.0 30 9.4 -54.8 306 65 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14186 -61.2 -81.1 5 19.9 -61.3 281 25 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16671 -64.7 -84.8 5 20.2 -64.8 194 8 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.96 m Freezing level: 564.51 mb = 4965.08 m = 16289.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.11 mb = 4078.68 m = 13381.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.55 mb = 1973.61 m = 6475.01 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 34.72 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.28 mb = 3378.72 m = 11084.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.50 C = 94.10 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -8.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.21 C Cross Totals Index: 26.60 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 570.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2862.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.05 mb = 2485.62 m = 8154.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.05 mb = 4001.38 m = 13127.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.05 mb = 13585.30 m = 44570.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2843.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 293.0 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): 41.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.7 neg: -3.4 tot: 251.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.55 Bulk Rich Number: 15.33 Bulk Shear: 186.70 m/s