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: 38.63,-102.26 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -102.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 523 2 900 1007 SFC 875 1261 25.3 19.9 72 5.4 21.4 137 16 310.1 313.3 299.1 361.9 16.99 4 850 1512 23.7 18.4 72 5.3 19.9 141 25 310.9 313.9 298.6 359.5 15.86 5 800 2040 20.3 15.2 73 5.1 16.8 159 26 312.8 315.4 297.7 355.1 13.72 6 750 2597 18.6 10.1 57 8.6 13.0 193 24 316.8 318.8 296.5 349.4 10.39 7 700 3185 15.0 4.7 50 10.2 8.8 218 18 319.1 320.6 295.2 343.6 7.70 8 650 3808 10.2 -2.1 42 12.3 3.6 245 15 320.5 321.5 293.6 336.9 5.06 9 600 4466 4.5 -10.2 34 14.6 -2.1 263 14 321.3 321.9 292.0 331.0 2.94 10 550 5166 -1.8 -17.4 29 15.5 -7.5 281 15 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.0 1.78 11 500 5914 -8.0 -23.7 27 15.7 -12.6 296 22 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.2 1.13 12 450 6722 -13.9 -34.9 15 21.0 -18.1 301 29 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.4 0.44 13 400 7604 -20.3 -46.6 8 26.3 -23.7 306 33 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.14 14 350 8579 -27.2 -48.2 12 21.0 -29.4 307 40 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.14 15 300 9670 -34.9 -51.7 17 16.8 -36.2 308 51 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.11 16 250 10916 -44.1 -48.6 61 4.5 -44.4 308 55 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.18 17 200 12377 -54.3 -67.1 19 12.8 -54.5 303 60 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14188 -61.8 -79.9 7 18.1 -61.9 269 27 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16671 -64.4 -87.0 3 22.6 -64.6 187 6 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.80 m Freezing level: 564.51 mb = 4962.86 m = 16282.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.22 mb = 4219.76 m = 13844.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.80 mb = 1944.66 m = 6380.04 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 34.72 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.38 mb = 3325.92 m = 10911.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.24 C = 93.63 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -7.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: -8.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.68 C Cross Totals Index: 26.41 C K Index: 39.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2866.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.02 mb = 2470.88 m = 8106.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.02 mb = 3986.43 m = 13078.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.02 mb = 13549.52 m = 44453.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2857.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 246.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.37 Bulk Rich Number: 16.79 Bulk Shear: 170.74 m/s