MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508261500F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508261500F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 5Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.20,-97.84 Latitude: 40.20 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 961 495 18.3 17.5 95 0.8 17.8 171 3 294.8 297.2 292.4 332.7 13.23 2 950 591 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 172 6 295.0 297.4 292.5 333.0 13.25 3 900 1054 16.1 16.0 99 0.1 16.1 206 13 298.1 300.4 293.2 335.3 12.82 4 850 1540 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.7 240 9 301.6 303.8 293.9 338.1 12.39 5 800 2053 12.9 12.5 98 0.3 12.7 249 6 304.8 307.0 294.1 339.2 11.50 6 750 2594 10.4 9.4 94 1.0 9.8 294 6 307.9 309.7 293.8 338.0 9.92 7 700 3167 7.5 3.8 77 3.8 5.4 288 9 310.8 312.2 292.6 333.1 7.19 8 650 3774 4.6 -11.5 30 16.1 -2.1 317 10 314.1 314.6 289.4 322.1 2.44 9 600 4420 0.4 -20.3 19 20.7 -6.5 340 8 316.6 316.9 289.0 320.9 1.27 10 550 5110 -4.8 -9.7 69 4.9 -6.8 304 10 318.4 319.1 291.5 329.4 3.34 11 500 5856 -8.3 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.6 288 22 322.9 323.7 293.3 335.8 3.92 12 450 6667 -12.9 -14.9 85 2.0 -13.6 292 29 327.1 327.6 293.4 336.2 2.68 13 400 7555 -18.6 -20.2 87 1.7 -19.1 295 33 330.8 331.2 293.7 337.6 1.91 14 350 8537 -25.5 -30.4 64 4.8 -26.5 303 35 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.5 0.87 15 300 9634 -34.6 -39.1 63 4.5 -35.2 298 36 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.2 0.43 16 250 10877 -45.5 -48.7 70 3.2 -45.7 286 48 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.18 17 200 12334 -53.5 -68.7 14 15.2 -53.8 297 66 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14154 -59.7 -82.2 4 22.5 -59.9 307 59 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16637 -65.7 -87.2 3 21.5 -65.9 324 33 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.82 m Freezing level: 595.78 mb = 4478.28 m = 14692.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.21 mb = 3596.68 m = 11799.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.88 mb = 592.52 m = 1943.93 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 18.28 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1046.25 m = 3432.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.49 C = 70.69 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.22 mb = 985.35 m = 3232.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.22 mb = 4936.07 m = 16194.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 522.22 mb = 5515.99 m = 18096.84 ft B at Equ Level: 26.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 462.22 mb = 6460.74 m = 21196.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 28.49 m/s