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: 38.58,-102.61 Latitude: 38.58 Longitude: -102.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 524 2 900 1011 SFC 876 1253 28.8 21.3 64 7.5 23.2 127 16 313.6 317.1 300.7 370.7 18.45 4 850 1519 25.2 19.0 69 6.1 20.7 136 19 312.5 315.7 299.4 363.5 16.53 5 800 2049 20.7 16.9 79 3.7 18.0 150 18 313.2 316.1 298.8 360.5 15.33 6 750 2605 17.5 12.3 71 5.3 14.0 188 20 315.6 317.9 297.3 353.2 12.06 7 700 3192 14.5 2.1 43 12.4 7.3 211 21 318.5 319.7 294.0 338.9 6.38 8 650 3813 9.9 -10.8 22 20.7 0.6 226 16 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.7 2.57 9 600 4470 4.1 -14.7 24 18.8 -3.4 248 11 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.8 2.04 10 550 5169 -2.0 -18.0 28 16.0 -7.7 273 14 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.4 1.68 11 500 5916 -8.4 -24.3 26 15.9 -12.9 285 23 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.5 1.07 12 450 6723 -14.4 -34.6 16 20.2 -18.4 291 32 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.8 0.45 13 400 7604 -20.3 -43.7 11 23.3 -23.6 305 38 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.20 14 350 8579 -27.2 -48.8 11 21.6 -29.4 310 45 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 15 300 9670 -34.9 -51.2 17 16.4 -36.1 305 53 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 16 250 10916 -44.1 -53.0 36 8.9 -44.6 310 61 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.11 17 200 12379 -54.2 -64.8 26 10.5 -54.5 305 63 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14190 -62.0 -79.4 8 17.4 -62.1 264 26 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16671 -63.4 -87.4 2 24.0 -63.6 218 7 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.25 m Freezing level: 566.40 mb = 4939.65 m = 16206.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.40 mb = 3909.47 m = 12826.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.73 mb = 2204.02 m = 7230.94 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 44.19 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.02 mb = 2905.07 m = 9530.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -9.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -9.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 27.45 C K Index: 40.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 618.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3850.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.76 mb = 2437.20 m = 7995.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.76 mb = 3437.93 m = 11279.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.76 mb = 14199.51 m = 46585.76 ft B at Equ Level: 3828.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.6 neg: -11.6 tot: 180.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.61 Bulk Rich Number: 28.42 Bulk Shear: 135.48 m/s