MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.64,-103.70 Latitude: 41.64 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 489 2 900 980 SFC 864 1346 33.4 10.4 24 23.1 18.1 153 14 319.7 321.5 296.4 348.9 9.19 4 850 1493 30.2 8.3 25 21.9 16.1 154 14 317.8 319.3 295.1 343.4 8.10 5 800 2029 24.8 7.1 32 17.7 13.6 159 15 317.6 319.1 295.0 342.7 7.94 6 750 2589 19.4 5.8 41 13.5 11.0 170 14 317.6 319.1 294.8 342.2 7.76 7 700 3176 13.9 3.7 50 10.2 7.9 186 12 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.6 7.14 8 650 3795 8.6 -1.0 51 9.6 3.4 215 10 318.7 319.8 293.4 336.4 5.50 9 600 4450 3.1 -7.3 46 10.4 -1.8 259 11 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.7 3.67 10 550 5147 -3.2 -12.0 51 8.8 -6.8 285 16 320.2 320.8 291.6 329.4 2.77 11 500 5891 -10.0 -16.8 57 6.8 -12.3 288 23 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.8 2.05 12 450 6692 -17.0 -23.6 57 6.6 -18.7 286 30 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.3 1.27 13 400 7565 -22.3 -40.0 18 17.7 -24.8 287 35 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.29 14 350 8535 -28.2 -45.4 18 17.3 -30.0 290 40 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.19 15 300 9619 -37.1 -48.3 30 11.2 -37.9 295 43 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.16 16 250 10854 -45.8 -58.4 23 12.6 -46.3 293 60 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.06 17 200 12313 -54.0 -66.0 21 12.1 -54.2 292 82 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14139 -56.7 -82.4 2 25.8 -56.9 275 35 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16653 -62.7 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 221 16 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.96 m Freezing level: 575.70 mb = 4788.77 m = 15710.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.23 mb = 4218.45 m = 13839.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 618.49 mb = 4201.65 m = 13784.79 ft T: 5.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 22.62 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.07 mb = 4435.44 m = 14551.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 40.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1155.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 616.33 mb = 4230.31 m = 13878.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.33 mb = 4703.19 m = 15430.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.33 mb = 11650.23 m = 38222.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1150.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.33 mb = 14507.86 m = 47597.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 13.53 Bulk Shear: 85.44 m/s