MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.49,-102.08 Latitude: 38.49 Longitude: -102.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 539 2 900 1023 SFC 883 1195 27.2 21.0 69 6.1 22.6 147 15 311.3 314.7 299.9 366.7 18.06 4 850 1528 23.3 18.6 75 4.7 19.9 149 19 310.6 313.6 298.7 359.8 16.11 5 800 2055 19.1 16.3 84 2.8 17.1 159 18 311.5 314.3 298.0 356.6 14.70 6 750 2608 16.5 12.2 76 4.3 13.6 202 19 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.8 12.03 7 700 3193 13.8 2.4 46 11.4 7.2 228 21 317.8 319.1 294.0 338.6 6.54 8 650 3813 9.3 -10.4 24 19.6 0.4 240 12 319.4 320.0 291.2 328.3 2.67 9 600 4469 3.7 -13.7 27 17.5 -3.4 291 6 320.4 320.9 291.1 327.8 2.21 10 550 5168 -2.3 -15.7 35 13.4 -7.3 296 14 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.05 11 500 5913 -8.8 -21.3 36 12.5 -12.6 290 24 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.40 12 450 6719 -14.7 -32.9 20 18.2 -18.4 295 35 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.7 0.53 13 400 7600 -20.4 -43.8 11 23.4 -23.6 308 41 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.20 14 350 8575 -27.0 -49.8 10 22.8 -29.3 313 47 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 15 300 9667 -34.8 -52.2 15 17.4 -36.0 308 55 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 16 250 10913 -44.1 -53.4 35 9.3 -44.6 313 63 340.4 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.11 17 200 12376 -54.0 -65.1 24 11.1 -54.2 309 64 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14189 -61.9 -79.7 8 17.8 -62.0 263 29 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16674 -63.7 -86.8 3 23.1 -63.9 201 7 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.26 m Freezing level: 569.13 mb = 4900.17 m = 16076.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.36 mb = 3884.50 m = 12744.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.33 mb = 1975.30 m = 6480.57 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 38.83 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2683.66 m = 8804.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -8.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.09 C Cross Totals Index: 27.42 C K Index: 39.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3301.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.05 mb = 2238.27 m = 7343.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.05 mb = 3584.09 m = 11758.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.05 mb = 13859.99 m = 45471.86 ft B at Equ Level: 3285.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.8 neg: -32.2 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.63 Bulk Rich Number: 25.92 Bulk Shear: 127.38 m/s