MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.72,-102.74 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -102.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 513 2 900 1000 SFC 870 1300 28.6 17.8 52 10.7 20.8 138 18 313.9 316.8 298.7 360.2 14.94 4 850 1508 26.0 17.0 57 9.1 19.6 144 25 313.4 316.2 298.3 358.1 14.45 5 800 2039 21.4 15.1 67 6.3 17.0 154 26 314.0 316.6 297.9 356.1 13.61 6 750 2596 18.2 11.6 65 6.6 13.8 178 25 316.3 318.5 297.1 352.4 11.53 7 700 3185 14.6 6.2 57 8.4 9.4 205 20 318.7 320.3 295.7 345.7 8.53 8 650 3807 10.5 -6.9 29 17.4 2.0 238 14 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.3 3.50 9 600 4465 4.9 -17.9 17 22.8 -3.7 271 12 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.1 1.56 10 550 5166 -1.5 -16.6 31 15.1 -7.1 288 17 322.3 322.7 291.4 328.8 1.90 11 500 5915 -8.0 -17.7 46 9.7 -11.3 295 24 323.3 323.7 291.6 329.8 1.90 12 450 6722 -14.2 -26.9 33 12.7 -17.4 297 29 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.7 0.93 13 400 7604 -20.2 -45.6 8 25.4 -23.5 300 32 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.16 14 350 8579 -27.3 -50.8 9 23.5 -29.5 303 39 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 15 300 9671 -34.8 -51.1 17 16.3 -36.1 308 48 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10916 -44.0 -47.5 68 3.5 -44.3 303 54 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12378 -54.2 -64.2 29 9.9 -54.5 303 60 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14189 -61.4 -79.6 7 18.2 -61.5 274 29 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16670 -64.5 -87.6 3 23.0 -64.7 183 5 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.91 m Freezing level: 561.64 mb = 5002.58 m = 16412.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.64 mb = 4029.28 m = 13219.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.64 mb = 2657.47 m = 8718.64 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 33.09 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3455.92 m = 11338.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.98 C = 93.16 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 42.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 562.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2781.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.34 mb = 2811.20 m = 9222.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.34 mb = 4111.56 m = 13489.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.34 mb = 13538.16 m = 44415.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2765.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.0 neg: -6.2 tot: 209.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.70 Bulk Rich Number: 16.18 Bulk Shear: 171.93 m/s