MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.58,-102.35 Latitude: 38.58 Longitude: -102.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 525 2 900 1008 SFC 875 1259 24.0 18.9 73 5.1 20.4 137 14 308.7 311.7 298.1 357.0 15.93 4 850 1513 23.6 17.8 70 5.8 19.5 146 27 310.9 313.8 298.2 357.5 15.25 5 800 2041 20.9 14.0 65 6.9 16.2 170 30 313.4 315.9 297.2 352.6 12.68 6 750 2598 18.5 9.5 56 9.0 12.6 193 26 316.7 318.6 296.2 348.0 9.98 7 700 3186 14.9 4.7 51 10.2 8.7 214 17 318.9 320.4 295.1 343.4 7.67 8 650 3808 10.2 -4.2 36 14.5 2.8 250 11 320.6 321.4 292.9 334.6 4.29 9 600 4466 4.8 -16.4 20 21.2 -3.5 284 11 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.6 1.76 10 550 5167 -1.5 -17.2 29 15.7 -7.2 297 16 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.81 11 500 5916 -8.0 -17.5 46 9.5 -11.3 302 24 323.3 323.6 291.7 329.8 1.93 12 450 6724 -14.2 -25.9 37 11.7 -17.2 302 29 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.0 1.03 13 400 7606 -20.0 -44.7 9 24.7 -23.4 302 32 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.18 14 350 8582 -27.0 -52.4 7 25.5 -29.3 305 39 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 15 300 9674 -34.7 -48.0 25 13.2 -35.8 307 46 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.1 0.17 16 250 10921 -43.9 -48.5 60 4.7 -44.2 304 52 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.19 17 200 12384 -54.1 -63.0 33 8.9 -54.3 306 56 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14194 -61.8 -79.4 8 17.5 -62.0 277 26 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16669 -65.2 -86.9 3 21.7 -65.4 187 7 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.01 m Freezing level: 561.96 mb = 4999.55 m = 16402.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.88 mb = 4092.86 m = 13427.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.56 mb = 1905.24 m = 6250.71 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 29.89 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.76 mb = 3469.55 m = 11382.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.17 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: -7.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 39.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2385.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.19 mb = 2595.66 m = 8515.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.19 mb = 4128.19 m = 13543.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.19 mb = 13217.38 m = 43363.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2381.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.6 neg: -13.9 tot: 258.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.05 Bulk Rich Number: 13.63 Bulk Shear: 175.04 m/s