MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271200F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271200F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.50,-102.19 Latitude: 39.50 Longitude: -102.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 583 2 900 1053 SFC 886 1187 18.5 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 345 9 301.9 304.6 295.7 346.0 14.96 4 850 1544 16.6 16.3 98 0.4 16.4 349 10 303.6 306.1 295.4 344.7 13.84 5 800 2061 14.6 13.6 94 1.0 14.0 335 12 306.7 309.0 295.3 343.9 12.34 6 750 2605 11.8 9.7 87 2.1 10.4 319 13 309.3 311.2 294.4 340.2 10.13 7 700 3180 8.4 4.8 78 3.7 6.3 314 13 311.8 313.3 293.2 335.7 7.70 8 650 3790 5.0 -0.5 68 5.5 2.1 309 9 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.5 5.68 9 600 4438 0.4 -0.0 97 0.4 0.2 291 9 316.6 317.8 293.5 336.8 6.39 10 550 5134 -3.0 -3.2 99 0.2 -3.1 283 11 320.6 321.6 293.9 338.4 5.52 11 500 5883 -6.9 -7.3 98 0.3 -7.1 288 13 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.3 4.44 12 450 6698 -11.8 -12.4 95 0.6 -12.1 288 13 328.4 329.1 294.2 339.6 3.29 13 400 7590 -17.6 -19.4 86 1.8 -18.2 288 20 332.1 332.5 294.1 339.3 2.05 14 350 8575 -24.6 -27.3 78 2.7 -25.2 292 23 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.8 1.16 15 300 9676 -33.8 -37.1 72 3.4 -34.2 286 23 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.8 0.53 16 250 10926 -43.4 -52.8 35 9.4 -43.9 281 35 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.11 17 200 12405 -50.6 -72.4 6 21.7 -51.1 284 69 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14234 -60.7 -83.0 4 22.3 -60.9 288 42 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16691 -68.6 -87.1 5 18.4 -68.7 319 21 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.01 m Freezing level: 593.86 mb = 4523.67 m = 14841.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.02 mb = 4478.06 m = 14691.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.51 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.29 mb = 1223.96 m = 4015.58 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1953.11 m = 6407.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.52 C = 72.54 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 602.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.48 mb = 1772.90 m = 5816.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.48 mb = 2689.17 m = 8822.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.48 mb = 11407.20 m = 37424.74 ft B at Equ Level: 589.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.48 mb = 13725.70 m = 45031.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.8 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 333.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -11.9 tot: -11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 67.62 Bulk Shear: 8.91 m/s