MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.08,-102.78 Latitude: 38.08 Longitude: -102.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 497 2 900 990 SFC 883 1168 34.9 13.5 28 21.5 20.1 161 16 319.3 321.4 297.5 354.3 11.06 4 850 1504 30.3 12.0 32 18.3 17.9 159 20 317.9 319.9 296.8 350.8 10.44 5 800 2041 25.2 10.7 40 14.5 15.5 168 20 318.0 319.9 296.6 350.0 10.16 6 750 2603 20.0 9.0 49 11.0 12.9 182 19 318.3 320.2 296.4 348.8 9.66 7 700 3192 14.7 6.6 58 8.2 9.6 200 17 318.8 320.5 295.9 346.6 8.76 8 650 3814 9.4 2.9 64 6.5 5.6 218 16 319.6 321.0 295.0 342.9 7.28 9 600 4472 3.9 -2.8 61 6.7 0.4 238 16 320.6 321.6 293.7 337.4 5.18 10 550 5172 -2.3 -7.2 69 4.8 -4.6 258 18 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.6 4.06 11 500 5919 -8.3 -16.5 52 8.2 -11.2 277 23 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.0 2.11 12 450 6727 -13.7 -36.8 12 23.2 -18.1 289 32 326.1 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.36 13 400 7611 -19.7 -41.1 13 21.4 -23.0 303 36 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.26 14 350 8587 -26.8 -41.9 23 15.0 -28.7 307 40 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.28 15 300 9680 -34.7 -48.7 23 13.9 -35.9 306 49 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.15 16 250 10927 -43.4 -49.9 49 6.5 -43.8 308 54 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.16 17 200 12391 -54.5 -64.9 26 10.5 -54.7 303 60 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14194 -62.9 -79.1 9 16.2 -63.0 273 25 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16670 -63.3 -85.5 3 22.1 -63.5 209 7 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.33 m Freezing level: 568.79 mb = 4908.62 m = 16104.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.27 mb = 4521.66 m = 14834.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.38 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 647.51 mb = 3845.60 m = 12616.64 ft T: 9.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 26.85 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.01 mb = 4031.62 m = 13226.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.56 C = 96.01 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 59.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 42.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 543.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1768.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.42 mb = 3833.98 m = 12578.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.42 mb = 4289.77 m = 14073.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.42 mb = 12933.45 m = 42432.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1764.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 21.24 Bulk Shear: 83.30 m/s