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: 38.68,-102.63 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -102.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 521 2 900 1007 SFC 872 1289 28.6 20.1 60 8.5 22.3 139 17 313.8 317.1 300.1 367.3 17.25 4 850 1515 25.3 18.3 65 6.9 20.3 144 21 312.6 315.6 299.0 361.3 15.81 5 800 2045 20.5 16.4 77 4.1 17.6 152 21 313.0 315.8 298.5 358.8 14.85 6 750 2601 17.2 12.3 73 4.9 13.9 181 20 315.3 317.6 297.3 352.9 12.09 7 700 3187 14.4 2.6 45 11.8 7.5 207 19 318.4 319.7 294.1 339.4 6.59 8 650 3808 9.9 -10.9 22 20.7 0.6 228 15 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.7 2.56 9 600 4465 4.0 -15.5 23 19.5 -3.7 249 14 320.8 321.1 290.9 327.2 1.91 10 550 5164 -2.0 -19.4 25 17.4 -8.0 280 16 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.50 11 500 5911 -8.3 -26.4 22 18.1 -13.2 295 23 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.88 12 450 6717 -14.5 -36.2 14 21.7 -18.6 296 31 325.0 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.38 13 400 7598 -20.6 -44.7 10 24.1 -23.8 301 38 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.18 14 350 8572 -27.3 -49.0 11 21.7 -29.5 304 44 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 15 300 9664 -34.6 -57.0 8 22.4 -36.0 304 52 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06 16 250 10911 -44.0 -51.0 45 7.1 -44.3 307 59 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.14 17 200 12374 -54.3 -64.8 26 10.5 -54.5 303 62 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14182 -61.9 -79.7 8 17.8 -62.0 272 30 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16674 -63.8 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 183 5 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.23 m Freezing level: 566.71 mb = 4930.05 m = 16174.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.92 mb = 3897.94 m = 12788.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.03 mb = 2362.50 m = 7750.88 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 41.20 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.38 mb = 3074.28 m = 10086.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -8.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -9.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.57 C Cross Totals Index: 26.63 C K Index: 40.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 595.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3418.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.22 mb = 2529.55 m = 8298.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.22 mb = 3664.75 m = 12023.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.22 mb = 14130.54 m = 46359.49 ft B at Equ Level: 3378.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 168.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.52 Bulk Rich Number: 23.32 Bulk Shear: 146.62 m/s