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: 38.99,-102.58 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -102.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 520 2 900 1005 SFC 863 1374 26.5 19.0 63 7.6 21.1 149 17 312.5 315.6 299.2 362.5 16.21 4 850 1512 24.7 18.1 67 6.6 19.9 151 22 312.0 314.9 298.7 359.8 15.57 5 800 2041 20.3 15.9 76 4.4 17.2 159 24 312.8 315.5 298.1 356.9 14.34 6 750 2597 17.9 11.7 67 6.3 13.7 186 23 316.1 318.3 297.1 352.3 11.60 7 700 3185 14.8 3.4 46 11.4 8.0 212 18 318.8 320.2 294.6 341.2 7.01 8 650 3807 10.4 -12.7 18 23.1 0.4 241 12 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.2 2.21 9 600 4464 4.5 -16.7 20 21.2 -3.7 273 9 321.3 321.7 290.9 327.2 1.72 10 550 5164 -1.8 -17.2 30 15.3 -7.4 290 14 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.1 1.81 11 500 5913 -8.2 -19.6 39 11.4 -11.9 298 23 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.61 12 450 6719 -14.5 -26.7 35 12.2 -17.6 299 29 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.4 0.95 13 400 7601 -20.5 -43.5 11 23.0 -23.7 303 33 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.20 14 350 8574 -27.4 -50.0 10 22.6 -29.6 304 40 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 15 300 9666 -34.9 -52.4 15 17.5 -36.2 307 50 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 16 250 10911 -44.2 -47.7 68 3.5 -44.4 303 56 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.20 17 200 12373 -54.3 -63.4 32 9.1 -54.5 304 62 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.04 18 150 14185 -60.8 -80.3 6 19.5 -60.9 272 31 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16669 -64.8 -87.6 3 22.7 -65.0 188 6 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.69 m Freezing level: 564.42 mb = 4962.29 m = 16280.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.08 mb = 3869.10 m = 12693.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.40 mb = 2332.32 m = 7651.87 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 35.29 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3345.73 m = 10976.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: -8.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.87 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 39.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 582.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2969.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.23 mb = 2605.82 m = 8549.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.23 mb = 4008.46 m = 13150.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.23 mb = 13613.97 m = 44664.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2946.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.4 neg: -15.2 tot: 155.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.16 Bulk Rich Number: 20.27 Bulk Shear: 146.51 m/s