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: 39.02,-102.72 Latitude: 39.02 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 518 2 900 1005 SFC 861 1403 28.6 19.8 59 8.9 22.1 145 15 315.0 318.3 300.2 368.1 17.08 4 850 1514 26.1 18.3 62 7.8 20.5 146 18 313.5 316.5 299.1 362.3 15.79 5 800 2045 21.0 16.8 77 4.2 18.0 152 18 313.5 316.4 298.8 360.5 15.21 6 750 2602 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.1 181 16 315.5 317.8 297.4 353.6 12.24 7 700 3188 14.3 2.8 46 11.5 7.6 211 19 318.3 319.6 294.3 339.7 6.70 8 650 3809 10.1 -13.2 18 23.4 0.1 232 17 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.5 2.12 9 600 4466 4.2 -15.5 22 19.8 -3.6 251 13 321.0 321.4 291.0 327.5 1.90 10 550 5165 -2.1 -17.9 29 15.7 -7.7 275 14 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.4 1.71 11 500 5913 -8.4 -24.2 27 15.8 -12.9 289 22 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.6 1.08 12 450 6720 -14.1 -35.3 15 21.2 -18.3 295 30 325.5 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.42 13 400 7602 -20.4 -44.3 10 23.9 -23.7 304 36 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.19 14 350 8576 -27.3 -49.6 10 22.3 -29.5 308 41 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.12 15 300 9667 -35.0 -55.8 10 20.8 -36.3 303 54 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.07 16 250 10911 -44.5 -51.7 45 7.2 -44.9 307 61 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.13 17 200 12372 -54.9 -62.5 38 7.7 -55.0 301 64 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14180 -61.6 -79.9 7 18.3 -61.8 267 30 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16672 -63.3 -87.8 2 24.4 -63.5 203 5 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.58 m Freezing level: 566.64 mb = 4932.67 m = 16183.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.14 mb = 3832.65 m = 12574.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.96 mb = 2521.83 m = 8273.63 ft T: 17.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 41.50 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.69 mb = 3131.60 m = 10274.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -8.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -9.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.48 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 41.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 620.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3518.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.10 mb = 2645.84 m = 8680.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.10 mb = 3667.28 m = 12031.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.10 mb = 14134.35 m = 46371.97 ft B at Equ Level: 3476.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 134.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.91 Bulk Rich Number: 28.74 Bulk Shear: 122.41 m/s