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,-103.96 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 610 SFC 919 893 18.3 13.9 76 4.4 15.4 138 12 298.6 300.5 291.8 330.4 10.92 3 900 1076 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.4 145 27 300.5 302.5 292.5 332.9 11.03 4 850 1565 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.1 167 36 303.4 305.4 293.3 336.1 11.02 5 800 2082 15.8 8.4 61 7.4 11.2 180 19 308.0 309.6 292.9 334.3 8.66 6 750 2627 12.0 4.6 60 7.4 7.7 175 11 309.6 310.9 292.1 331.4 7.09 7 700 3200 7.7 2.1 68 5.6 4.6 228 3 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.7 6.36 8 650 3806 3.2 -1.3 73 4.4 0.9 296 8 312.6 313.6 291.6 329.4 5.38 9 600 4450 -1.1 -9.7 52 8.5 -4.7 310 11 314.8 315.4 290.2 324.7 3.06 10 550 5138 -5.0 -19.5 31 14.5 -9.8 333 14 318.1 318.4 289.7 323.2 1.48 11 500 5879 -10.2 -25.8 27 15.6 -14.3 346 14 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.9 0.94 12 450 6682 -16.0 -33.2 21 17.2 -19.4 340 10 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.52 13 400 7556 -22.3 -41.4 16 19.1 -25.0 284 12 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.25 14 350 8523 -29.0 -51.6 9 22.6 -30.9 281 21 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.09 15 300 9605 -37.9 -51.8 22 13.9 -38.8 281 31 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.11 16 250 10833 -47.4 -56.0 37 8.6 -47.8 291 37 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12282 -53.6 -68.0 16 14.4 -53.8 305 22 347.9 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14117 -55.9 -82.3 2 26.4 -56.2 300 27 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16679 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.2 310 21 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.77 m Freezing level: 613.10 mb = 4281.61 m = 14047.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.01 mb = 3905.90 m = 12814.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.17 mb = 1453.80 m = 4769.63 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 12.96 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2866.07 m = 9402.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 210.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.86 mb = 1946.17 m = 6384.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.86 mb = 4214.36 m = 13826.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.86 mb = 9883.12 m = 32424.54 ft B at Equ Level: 209.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.86 mb = 11726.64 m = 38472.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.8 neg: -54.3 tot: 138.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 103.30 m/s