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: 38.77,-102.71 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -102.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 518 2 900 1005 SFC 870 1310 28.7 20.9 63 7.8 22.9 132 17 314.2 317.6 300.7 370.5 18.16 4 850 1513 25.6 19.0 67 6.6 20.8 135 20 313.0 316.1 299.4 363.9 16.50 5 800 2044 20.8 17.1 79 3.8 18.2 145 20 313.4 316.3 299.0 361.2 15.49 6 750 2601 17.9 12.5 71 5.3 14.3 180 19 316.0 318.3 297.5 354.2 12.26 7 700 3189 14.7 3.4 47 11.3 8.0 209 21 318.8 320.1 294.6 341.0 6.98 8 650 3810 10.2 -10.7 22 21.0 0.8 230 17 320.5 321.1 291.5 329.2 2.59 9 600 4467 4.4 -15.5 22 19.9 -3.5 247 13 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.6 1.90 10 550 5167 -1.9 -19.3 25 17.3 -7.9 273 15 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.0 1.51 11 500 5915 -8.2 -25.3 24 17.0 -13.0 287 23 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.98 12 450 6722 -14.1 -35.7 14 21.5 -18.3 293 31 325.5 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.41 13 400 7604 -20.4 -44.2 10 23.8 -23.6 304 36 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.19 14 350 8578 -27.3 -48.9 11 21.6 -29.5 308 42 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 15 300 9669 -34.9 -54.8 11 19.9 -36.2 304 53 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 16 250 10914 -44.3 -51.3 46 7.0 -44.7 308 59 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.14 17 200 12376 -54.7 -64.5 29 9.8 -54.9 302 63 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14184 -61.9 -79.7 8 17.8 -62.0 266 29 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16672 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 207 6 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.23 m Freezing level: 565.14 mb = 4955.31 m = 16257.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.80 mb = 3927.15 m = 12884.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.32 mb = 2303.19 m = 7556.30 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 44.08 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.28 mb = 3028.53 m = 9935.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -9.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -9.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.82 C Cross Totals Index: 27.24 C K Index: 41.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 616.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3853.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.26 mb = 2506.30 m = 8222.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.26 mb = 3640.70 m = 11944.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.26 mb = 14048.46 m = 46090.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3850.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.0 neg: -4.6 tot: 184.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.39 Bulk Rich Number: 25.86 Bulk Shear: 149.04 m/s