MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 6Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 46.18,-103.46 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 1 950 617 SFC 918 910 17.6 13.6 78 4.0 15.0 138 11 297.9 299.9 291.5 329.2 10.74 3 900 1083 18.4 13.3 72 5.1 15.1 147 28 300.4 302.4 292.2 331.9 10.71 4 850 1571 16.1 12.1 77 4.0 13.6 166 33 303.1 305.0 292.9 334.3 10.51 5 800 2086 14.2 9.7 74 4.5 11.3 181 21 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.8 9.46 6 750 2629 11.1 4.4 64 6.6 7.2 176 14 308.6 309.9 291.7 330.1 7.02 7 700 3200 7.1 1.2 66 5.8 3.9 190 5 310.3 311.4 291.4 328.9 5.99 8 650 3806 3.3 -4.9 55 8.2 -0.6 306 6 312.7 313.4 290.5 325.6 4.09 9 600 4450 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -5.3 313 8 315.1 315.6 289.8 323.5 2.56 10 550 5138 -5.1 -20.7 28 15.6 -10.0 328 12 318.0 318.3 289.5 322.6 1.34 11 500 5879 -10.0 -33.3 13 23.3 -15.0 340 13 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.5 0.46 12 450 6681 -16.0 -35.0 18 19.0 -19.6 335 11 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.43 13 400 7556 -22.4 -39.2 20 16.8 -24.9 289 11 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.32 14 350 8522 -29.1 -53.4 8 24.3 -31.1 277 18 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.08 15 300 9603 -38.3 -54.1 18 15.7 -39.2 286 29 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.08 16 250 10829 -47.6 -58.1 29 10.4 -48.0 293 37 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12278 -53.3 -67.6 16 14.2 -53.6 311 21 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14115 -56.1 -81.6 3 25.5 -56.5 299 29 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16675 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 312 22 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.05 m Freezing level: 610.55 mb = 4313.90 m = 14153.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.92 mb = 3719.29 m = 12202.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.53 mb = 1416.63 m = 4647.69 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2794.26 m = 9167.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.49 C = 83.29 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.51 mb = 1964.73 m = 6445.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.51 mb = 5330.89 m = 17489.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.51 mb = 9681.43 m = 31762.84 ft B at Equ Level: 96.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.51 mb = 11189.67 m = 36711.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.2 neg: -52.8 tot: 116.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 72.68 m/s