MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.38,-102.26 Latitude: 38.38 Longitude: -102.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 530 2 900 1015 SFC 880 1218 28.0 19.5 60 8.5 21.8 145 18 312.4 315.5 299.3 363.1 16.46 4 850 1521 24.4 17.6 66 6.7 19.6 150 23 311.7 314.6 298.3 358.0 15.10 5 800 2049 19.9 15.5 76 4.4 16.8 160 22 312.4 315.1 297.8 355.5 14.01 6 750 2604 17.2 11.1 67 6.1 13.1 192 20 315.2 317.4 296.6 349.9 11.12 7 700 3191 14.6 0.3 38 14.3 6.6 220 16 318.6 319.7 293.4 336.5 5.58 8 650 3811 9.5 -8.3 27 17.8 1.1 237 11 319.7 320.3 291.7 330.1 3.14 9 600 4467 3.7 -13.2 28 16.9 -3.3 259 11 320.4 320.8 291.2 328.1 2.30 10 550 5166 -2.3 -17.8 29 15.5 -7.8 282 16 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.2 1.72 11 500 5912 -8.3 -26.2 22 17.9 -13.2 298 25 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.90 12 450 6719 -14.6 -35.8 15 21.2 -18.7 300 33 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.3 0.40 13 400 7600 -20.6 -44.5 10 23.9 -23.8 304 39 328.3 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.18 14 350 8574 -27.3 -49.1 11 21.8 -29.5 307 45 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 15 300 9666 -34.6 -54.6 11 20.0 -35.9 307 52 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 16 250 10914 -43.8 -51.6 41 7.9 -44.2 309 59 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.13 17 200 12378 -54.1 -65.1 25 11.0 -54.3 305 61 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14187 -62.0 -79.3 8 17.2 -62.2 270 29 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16676 -64.0 -87.0 3 23.0 -64.2 184 7 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.67 m Freezing level: 569.06 mb = 4899.41 m = 16073.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.11 mb = 3975.24 m = 13041.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.76 mb = 2291.75 m = 7518.77 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.42 C/km ThetaE index: 37.03 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.24 mb = 3259.94 m = 10695.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.14 C = 93.46 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 36.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 565.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2925.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.28 mb = 2498.42 m = 8196.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.28 mb = 3756.07 m = 12322.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.28 mb = 13615.06 m = 44668.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2915.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.0 neg: -10.2 tot: 146.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.87 Bulk Rich Number: 19.57 Bulk Shear: 149.54 m/s