MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041800F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041800F007.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 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.99,-103.06 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 503 2 900 989 SFC 851 1487 25.7 18.2 63 7.5 20.3 125 19 313.0 316.0 299.0 361.2 15.63 4 850 1496 25.6 18.0 63 7.7 20.1 129 23 313.0 315.9 298.8 360.6 15.44 5 800 2027 21.3 16.0 72 5.3 17.5 139 32 313.8 316.6 298.4 358.4 14.40 6 750 2585 19.4 10.5 57 8.8 13.5 164 31 317.6 319.7 296.9 351.3 10.72 7 700 3176 15.9 4.9 48 11.0 9.2 191 20 320.1 321.6 295.5 345.0 7.78 8 650 3800 10.9 -2.2 40 13.1 3.8 217 19 321.3 322.2 293.7 337.5 5.00 9 600 4460 5.3 -8.3 37 13.6 -1.1 240 19 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.5 3.40 10 550 5162 -1.0 -10.5 48 9.5 -5.1 264 21 322.8 323.5 292.6 333.2 3.12 11 500 5913 -7.7 -13.4 64 5.6 -9.9 282 25 323.6 324.2 292.5 332.8 2.73 12 450 6721 -14.1 -18.5 70 4.3 -15.6 295 28 325.5 325.9 292.3 332.3 1.98 13 400 7605 -20.1 -27.6 51 7.6 -21.8 306 31 328.9 329.1 292.4 332.4 0.99 14 350 8582 -26.3 -47.9 11 21.6 -28.6 300 40 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.14 15 300 9676 -34.8 -47.4 27 12.6 -35.9 301 43 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.18 16 250 10924 -43.4 -49.4 51 6.0 -43.8 304 48 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.2 0.17 17 200 12383 -55.3 -61.6 45 6.3 -55.4 299 59 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14184 -62.0 -79.7 8 17.6 -62.1 278 31 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16664 -64.4 -86.9 3 22.5 -64.6 183 8 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.75 m Freezing level: 558.24 mb = 5046.29 m = 16555.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4308.64 m = 14135.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.21 mb = 2445.45 m = 8023.04 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 28.94 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.75 mb = 3610.78 m = 11846.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 40.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2817.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.92 mb = 2876.27 m = 9436.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.92 mb = 4190.48 m = 13748.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.92 mb = 13782.72 m = 45218.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2794.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 314.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.19 Bulk Rich Number: 12.72 Bulk Shear: 221.60 m/s