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: 38.77,-102.56 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 516 2 900 1001 SFC 867 1333 26.3 19.7 67 6.6 21.5 132 18 311.9 315.1 299.4 363.7 16.86 4 850 1508 24.5 18.4 69 6.1 20.1 137 25 311.8 314.8 298.8 360.5 15.86 5 800 2037 20.6 15.8 74 4.7 17.2 150 26 313.1 315.8 298.1 357.2 14.29 6 750 2594 18.8 10.6 59 8.2 13.4 183 25 317.0 319.1 296.8 350.8 10.77 7 700 3183 15.1 5.6 53 9.5 9.3 209 19 319.2 320.8 295.6 345.3 8.20 8 650 3806 10.4 -3.0 39 13.4 3.4 236 16 320.8 321.7 293.3 336.1 4.73 9 600 4464 4.7 -12.1 29 16.7 -2.5 254 14 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.0 2.53 10 550 5165 -1.5 -18.2 27 16.6 -7.5 276 16 322.3 322.6 291.1 328.0 1.66 11 500 5914 -7.8 -21.4 33 13.5 -12.1 293 23 323.5 323.7 291.2 328.3 1.39 12 450 6722 -13.9 -30.5 23 16.5 -17.7 299 28 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.1 0.67 13 400 7605 -20.2 -46.8 7 26.6 -23.6 304 31 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.14 14 350 8579 -27.3 -49.3 11 22.0 -29.5 305 38 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.12 15 300 9670 -35.1 -50.8 19 15.7 -36.2 307 49 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.12 16 250 10915 -44.2 -48.1 65 3.9 -44.5 307 54 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.20 17 200 12376 -54.6 -66.4 22 11.8 -54.8 301 61 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14186 -61.6 -79.9 7 18.3 -61.8 267 28 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16670 -64.1 -87.4 3 23.3 -64.3 186 5 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.78 m Freezing level: 562.36 mb = 4991.77 m = 16377.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.33 mb = 4176.85 m = 13703.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.22 mb = 2175.60 m = 7137.72 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 35.79 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.55 mb = 3358.37 m = 11018.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.65 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: -8.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.25 C K Index: 41.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3039.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.67 mb = 2586.26 m = 8485.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.67 mb = 3989.22 m = 13087.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.67 mb = 13560.83 m = 44490.36 ft B at Equ Level: 3038.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 248.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.66 Bulk Rich Number: 16.64 Bulk Shear: 182.59 m/s