MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 20Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.40,-102.37 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 544 2 900 1029 SFC 880 1231 29.9 19.0 52 10.9 21.9 161 14 314.3 317.4 299.4 363.7 15.91 4 850 1536 24.9 16.8 60 8.2 19.1 166 16 312.2 315.0 297.9 356.1 14.26 5 800 2065 20.1 14.7 71 5.3 16.4 176 15 312.5 315.1 297.4 353.5 13.30 6 750 2619 16.1 10.8 71 5.3 12.6 199 14 314.1 316.2 296.2 348.0 10.95 7 700 3203 12.7 4.2 56 8.4 7.6 228 13 316.5 317.9 294.3 339.9 7.42 8 650 3820 8.8 -9.5 26 18.3 0.5 257 8 318.9 319.5 291.2 328.3 2.86 9 600 4475 3.5 -15.8 23 19.2 -4.0 304 7 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.4 1.86 10 550 5173 -2.5 -18.8 27 16.4 -8.1 305 15 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.5 1.57 11 500 5920 -8.3 -25.2 24 16.8 -13.0 304 23 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.4 0.99 12 450 6727 -14.3 -35.5 15 21.2 -18.4 306 31 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.41 13 400 7608 -20.3 -45.3 9 25.0 -23.6 306 38 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.17 14 350 8583 -26.8 -46.7 13 19.9 -29.0 306 43 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 15 300 9677 -34.6 -44.2 37 9.6 -35.6 311 49 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.5 0.25 16 250 10925 -43.4 -49.2 53 5.8 -43.7 313 61 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.3 0.17 17 200 12392 -53.5 -65.9 21 12.4 -53.7 312 56 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14201 -63.0 -79.1 10 16.1 -63.1 273 22 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16665 -63.9 -86.9 3 22.9 -64.1 206 8 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.53 m Freezing level: 570.79 mb = 4882.98 m = 16020.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.51 mb = 3889.69 m = 12761.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.40 mb = 2602.83 m = 8539.37 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 37.28 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.43 mb = 3018.20 m = 9902.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.22 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 41.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2583.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.59 mb = 2668.77 m = 8755.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.59 mb = 3560.47 m = 11681.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.59 mb = 13392.05 m = 43936.64 ft B at Equ Level: 2581.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.5 neg: -10.9 tot: 69.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 27.24 Bulk Shear: 94.85 m/s