MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.56,-102.4 Latitude: 38.56 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 518 2 900 1003 SFC 875 1255 25.7 19.6 69 6.1 21.2 132 16 310.5 313.6 299.0 361.2 16.61 4 850 1509 24.4 18.1 68 6.3 19.9 139 26 311.7 314.6 298.6 359.5 15.59 5 800 2038 21.0 14.9 68 6.0 16.8 157 27 313.5 316.1 297.7 355.2 13.48 6 750 2596 18.9 9.8 56 9.1 13.0 188 25 317.1 319.1 296.5 349.2 10.23 7 700 3185 15.0 5.2 52 9.8 9.0 212 19 319.1 320.6 295.4 344.4 7.97 8 650 3807 10.1 -0.3 48 10.4 4.4 240 16 320.4 321.5 294.1 339.1 5.77 9 600 4465 4.5 -7.6 41 12.1 -1.2 260 16 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.2 3.59 10 550 5166 -1.7 -15.3 35 13.6 -6.9 278 16 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.2 2.11 11 500 5914 -7.9 -23.0 29 15.1 -12.3 294 23 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.7 1.20 12 450 6723 -13.7 -35.0 15 21.3 -18.0 299 29 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.6 0.43 13 400 7606 -20.1 -47.1 7 27.0 -23.5 305 32 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.14 14 350 8581 -27.2 -48.2 12 21.0 -29.3 306 39 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.14 15 300 9673 -34.9 -50.7 19 15.8 -36.1 308 49 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10918 -44.1 -47.9 66 3.8 -44.3 308 53 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.20 17 200 12380 -54.5 -66.4 22 11.9 -54.7 302 60 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14188 -61.9 -79.9 7 18.0 -62.0 269 27 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16671 -64.4 -86.9 3 22.5 -64.6 184 5 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.05 m Freezing level: 563.70 mb = 4974.08 m = 16318.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.88 mb = 4317.63 m = 14165.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.13 mb = 2036.65 m = 6681.85 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 33.67 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3369.44 m = 11054.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.35 C = 93.83 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.98 C K Index: 40.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 554.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2847.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.25 mb = 2581.29 m = 8468.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.25 mb = 3982.86 m = 13066.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.25 mb = 13541.58 m = 44427.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2841.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.68 Bulk Rich Number: 15.59 Bulk Shear: 182.64 m/s