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: 40.82,-102.16 Latitude: 40.82 Longitude: -102.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 517 2 900 1003 SFC 888 1117 29.2 15.7 44 13.5 19.8 127 18 312.8 315.2 297.0 351.9 12.70 4 850 1510 25.3 14.2 50 11.0 17.7 132 25 312.6 314.9 296.6 349.9 12.10 5 800 2039 20.7 12.1 58 8.6 15.0 145 25 313.2 315.4 296.1 347.8 11.19 6 750 2593 16.7 9.5 63 7.2 12.0 170 23 314.7 316.6 295.7 345.8 10.00 7 700 3177 12.7 5.9 63 6.7 8.5 200 21 316.5 318.1 295.0 342.8 8.37 8 650 3796 9.1 -2.6 44 11.6 2.9 248 17 319.2 320.2 293.0 335.0 4.88 9 600 4452 3.8 -11.9 31 15.7 -2.9 285 18 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.1 2.57 10 550 5151 -2.2 -16.6 32 14.4 -7.5 294 23 321.5 321.8 291.1 327.9 1.89 11 500 5897 -8.9 -19.8 41 10.9 -12.4 295 31 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.6 1.59 12 450 6701 -15.9 -23.1 54 7.2 -17.9 299 36 323.2 323.5 291.1 327.8 1.32 13 400 7578 -21.4 -37.7 21 16.4 -24.0 301 37 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.37 14 350 8551 -27.4 -46.6 14 19.3 -29.4 305 38 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 15 300 9638 -36.5 -52.1 18 15.7 -37.5 308 44 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.10 16 250 10877 -44.9 -60.2 17 15.2 -45.5 310 66 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 17 200 12337 -54.3 -64.1 29 9.8 -54.5 303 79 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14155 -58.3 -81.9 3 23.6 -58.5 280 32 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16661 -63.2 -85.4 3 22.2 -63.4 205 9 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.82 m Freezing level: 568.24 mb = 4896.20 m = 16063.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.58 mb = 4122.80 m = 13526.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.61 mb = 2826.55 m = 9273.34 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 24.25 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.82 mb = 3594.91 m = 11794.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.60 C = 94.28 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 41.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1848.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.17 mb = 2972.04 m = 9750.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.17 mb = 4287.32 m = 14065.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.17 mb = 12589.14 m = 41302.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1839.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.17 mb = 15951.22 m = 52332.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 304.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.51 Bulk Shear: 246.06 m/s