MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.63,-100.09 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -100.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 548 SFC 927 774 33.6 20.2 45 13.4 23.8 181 19 313.5 316.7 299.4 363.9 16.28 3 900 1035 29.8 18.4 51 11.4 21.6 185 25 312.2 315.0 298.4 358.2 14.97 4 850 1542 24.8 17.3 63 7.5 19.4 189 26 312.1 314.9 298.2 357.4 14.75 5 800 2071 20.3 14.7 70 5.6 16.4 195 26 312.8 315.3 297.4 353.6 13.24 6 750 2625 16.9 8.4 57 8.5 11.5 215 22 315.0 316.8 295.3 343.9 9.28 7 700 3211 15.3 -9.6 17 24.9 3.7 257 17 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.2 2.64 8 650 3833 10.7 -12.2 19 22.9 0.6 279 18 321.0 321.5 291.3 328.8 2.30 9 600 4492 4.9 -18.7 16 23.6 -3.8 285 22 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.9 1.46 10 550 5192 -1.1 -24.0 16 22.9 -8.2 294 25 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 1.00 11 500 5942 -7.3 -25.7 21 18.4 -12.5 300 31 324.2 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.94 12 450 6753 -14.0 -25.3 38 11.3 -17.0 297 32 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.5 1.09 13 400 7633 -21.3 -26.1 65 4.8 -22.5 289 30 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.3 1.13 14 350 8603 -28.6 -30.4 85 1.8 -28.9 286 34 330.2 330.3 292.6 333.3 0.87 15 300 9688 -35.9 -42.1 53 6.2 -36.5 290 50 334.8 334.8 293.3 336.0 0.31 16 250 10932 -44.7 -53.0 39 8.2 -45.2 294 64 339.5 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.11 17 200 12387 -55.6 -62.3 43 6.7 -55.8 293 68 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14189 -60.3 -81.1 5 20.8 -60.5 281 24 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16666 -63.6 -86.4 3 22.8 -63.8 208 13 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.21 m Freezing level: 559.38 mb = 5060.86 m = 16603.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.11 mb = 3921.12 m = 12864.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.39 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.64 mb = 2470.61 m = 8105.58 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 35.74 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.50 mb = 3362.58 m = 11031.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.77 C = 103.58 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 24.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 583.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3256.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.35 mb = 2496.43 m = 8190.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.35 mb = 4008.02 m = 13149.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.35 mb = 13540.68 m = 44424.28 ft B at Equ Level: 3252.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.46 Bulk Rich Number: 28.26 Bulk Shear: 115.22 m/s