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: 38.61,-102.45 Latitude: 38.61 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 530 2 900 1015 SFC 874 1271 27.2 21.5 71 5.6 23.0 134 15 312.0 315.6 300.5 370.0 18.80 4 850 1522 24.3 19.2 73 5.1 20.6 140 19 311.6 314.8 299.2 362.8 16.67 5 800 2051 19.9 16.9 83 3.0 17.8 153 19 312.4 315.3 298.6 359.6 15.35 6 750 2606 17.1 12.4 74 4.7 13.9 193 20 315.2 317.5 297.3 353.0 12.15 7 700 3192 14.4 1.2 41 13.2 6.9 217 22 318.4 319.6 293.7 337.5 5.97 8 650 3813 9.8 -12.4 20 22.2 0.2 232 14 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.6 2.27 9 600 4469 4.1 -14.7 24 18.8 -3.4 258 9 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.7 2.03 10 550 5169 -2.1 -17.3 30 15.2 -7.6 278 14 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.79 11 500 5915 -8.5 -23.2 29 14.7 -12.8 287 23 322.7 322.9 290.8 326.8 1.18 12 450 6721 -14.5 -33.9 18 19.4 -18.4 293 33 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.7 0.48 13 400 7603 -20.4 -43.5 11 23.1 -23.7 306 39 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.20 14 350 8577 -27.2 -49.3 10 22.1 -29.4 311 46 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.12 15 300 9669 -34.9 -51.9 16 17.0 -36.1 306 54 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 16 250 10914 -44.2 -53.1 37 8.9 -44.6 310 62 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.11 17 200 12376 -54.2 -64.9 25 10.8 -54.4 306 64 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14189 -61.9 -79.5 8 17.6 -62.0 263 27 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16672 -63.5 -87.4 3 23.9 -63.7 214 7 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.46 m Freezing level: 566.96 mb = 4931.18 m = 16178.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.31 mb = 3846.86 m = 12620.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.93 mb = 1986.25 m = 6516.48 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 42.32 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2798.39 m = 9180.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -9.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -9.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.83 C Cross Totals Index: 27.69 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 615.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3699.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.56 mb = 2328.69 m = 7639.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.56 mb = 3564.60 m = 11694.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.56 mb = 14207.03 m = 46610.42 ft B at Equ Level: 3665.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.0 neg: -19.6 tot: 175.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.51 Bulk Rich Number: 27.54 Bulk Shear: 134.34 m/s