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: 38.72,-102.35 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -102.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 525 2 900 1009 SFC 872 1290 25.5 19.8 71 5.7 21.3 140 16 310.6 313.8 299.1 362.2 16.88 4 850 1515 24.2 18.3 69 5.9 19.9 146 26 311.5 314.5 298.7 359.8 15.74 5 800 2044 20.2 15.2 73 5.1 16.7 160 27 312.7 315.3 297.7 354.9 13.70 6 750 2600 18.0 10.1 60 7.9 12.8 191 25 316.1 318.1 296.3 348.6 10.41 7 700 3188 15.2 2.1 41 13.1 7.6 226 17 319.3 320.6 294.3 339.7 6.38 8 650 3810 10.4 -6.6 30 17.0 2.1 255 13 320.7 321.4 292.4 332.5 3.59 9 600 4468 4.5 -11.3 31 15.8 -2.4 276 14 321.3 321.8 291.7 330.2 2.68 10 550 5168 -1.7 -16.5 31 14.8 -7.2 291 17 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.5 1.91 11 500 5916 -8.2 -22.0 32 13.8 -12.4 299 23 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.6 1.31 12 450 6723 -14.6 -29.6 27 15.0 -18.1 304 30 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.73 13 400 7604 -20.3 -42.1 13 21.7 -23.5 309 37 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 14 350 8579 -26.9 -50.2 9 23.3 -29.2 310 45 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 15 300 9671 -35.2 -52.0 16 16.8 -36.4 312 54 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 16 250 10916 -44.0 -56.0 25 12.0 -44.6 310 61 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.08 17 200 12378 -54.6 -64.0 30 9.4 -54.8 306 65 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14186 -61.1 -81.1 5 20.0 -61.3 281 24 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16670 -64.7 -85.2 4 20.5 -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: 5847.57 m Freezing level: 564.02 mb = 4971.76 m = 16311.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.75 mb = 4109.18 m = 13481.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.05 mb = 2021.48 m = 6632.08 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 34.76 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.71 mb = 3397.47 m = 11146.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -7.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: -8.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.42 C Cross Totals Index: 26.48 C K Index: 37.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2853.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.89 mb = 2532.20 m = 8307.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.89 mb = 4055.06 m = 13303.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.89 mb = 13745.67 m = 45096.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2815.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.5 neg: -3.1 tot: 251.5 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: 4.52 Bulk Rich Number: 15.02 Bulk Shear: 189.93 m/s