MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.54,-102.49 Latitude: 40.54 Longitude: -102.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 518 2 900 1004 SFC 882 1188 30.8 14.8 38 16.0 19.7 133 13 315.1 317.4 297.3 352.8 12.10 4 850 1512 25.9 12.8 44 13.1 17.1 142 15 313.3 315.4 296.0 347.3 10.98 5 800 2042 21.0 10.5 51 10.6 14.1 153 16 313.6 315.5 295.4 344.5 9.98 6 750 2596 16.6 6.6 51 10.0 10.4 178 17 314.6 316.2 294.3 340.1 8.16 7 700 3179 12.7 2.8 51 9.9 7.0 216 19 316.6 317.8 293.8 337.8 6.73 8 650 3797 9.0 -8.3 29 17.3 0.9 255 17 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.4 3.15 9 600 4452 3.1 -11.0 35 14.1 -3.0 293 13 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.8 2.74 10 550 5149 -3.3 -14.3 42 10.9 -7.5 312 16 320.1 320.6 291.1 327.9 2.31 11 500 5892 -9.9 -20.3 42 10.4 -13.2 306 20 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.1 1.52 12 450 6693 -16.8 -26.7 42 10.0 -19.1 301 30 322.1 322.3 290.4 325.5 0.95 13 400 7567 -21.8 -42.1 14 20.4 -24.6 300 37 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.24 14 350 8539 -27.9 -46.6 15 18.7 -29.8 304 38 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.17 15 300 9626 -36.3 -52.7 17 16.4 -37.4 304 41 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.10 16 250 10865 -44.9 -60.3 16 15.3 -45.5 305 65 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.05 17 200 12325 -54.4 -65.9 23 11.5 -54.6 301 76 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14146 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 274 35 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16662 -63.3 -87.7 2 24.5 -63.4 223 7 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.01 m Freezing level: 575.98 mb = 4787.03 m = 15705.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.38 mb = 3944.95 m = 12942.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.86 mb = 3192.94 m = 10475.41 ft T: 12.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 27.31 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.68 mb = 3890.09 m = 12762.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.75 C = 94.54 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -5.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 38.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1551.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.08 mb = 3274.15 m = 10741.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.08 mb = 4356.21 m = 14291.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.08 mb = 12417.70 m = 40739.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1535.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.08 mb = 15174.73 m = 49785.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 204.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 12.40 Bulk Shear: 125.16 m/s