MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.35,-92.56 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 987 293 25.2 18.5 67 6.6 20.6 139 7 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.5 13.73 2 950 626 22.7 17.0 70 5.7 18.8 140 12 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.0 12.92 3 900 1094 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 141 13 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.0 12.53 4 850 1581 14.3 12.3 88 2.0 13.0 144 13 301.1 303.1 292.4 332.5 10.64 5 800 2091 12.1 6.3 67 5.9 8.7 150 11 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.6 7.48 6 750 2631 10.6 1.6 54 9.0 5.7 287 4 308.1 309.2 290.5 325.8 5.75 7 700 3202 7.4 -4.6 42 12.0 1.7 313 12 310.7 311.5 289.7 323.0 3.89 8 650 3808 3.6 -13.0 28 16.6 -3.0 320 17 313.0 313.4 288.8 320.1 2.16 9 600 4452 -0.9 -17.4 27 16.4 -6.7 320 23 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.5 1.63 10 550 5139 -5.8 -23.0 24 17.3 -10.8 320 26 317.2 317.5 289.0 321.0 1.09 11 500 5878 -10.9 -29.9 19 19.0 -15.3 324 26 319.7 319.9 289.3 322.0 0.64 12 450 6677 -16.6 -36.8 16 20.2 -20.1 324 28 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.36 13 400 7551 -22.9 -42.3 15 19.4 -25.5 317 31 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 14 350 8514 -29.9 -47.0 17 17.1 -31.5 322 40 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.16 15 300 9594 -38.1 -54.9 16 16.8 -39.0 324 52 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 16 250 10819 -48.4 -57.0 36 8.6 -48.7 334 59 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12265 -51.2 -67.6 12 16.5 -51.5 302 29 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14133 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 278 29 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16686 -61.1 -87.9 2 26.8 -61.3 253 8 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.13 m Freezing level: 610.12 mb = 4321.20 m = 14176.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.06 mb = 3414.18 m = 11201.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.48 mb = 1136.55 m = 3728.80 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 19.47 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.65 mb = 1435.16 m = 4708.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 810.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.53 mb = 1338.33 m = 4390.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.53 mb = 1585.48 m = 5201.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 789.53 mb = 2201.33 m = 7222.13 ft B at Equ Level: 6.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.53 mb = 2635.78 m = 8647.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 347.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.3 neg: -8.9 tot: 85.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 8.59 Bulk Shear: 94.33 m/s