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,-104.46 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -104.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 601 SFC 911 961 18.6 13.9 74 4.6 15.5 139 15 299.6 301.6 292.2 331.9 11.05 3 900 1069 19.0 14.2 74 4.8 15.8 145 26 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.5 11.36 4 850 1559 18.0 12.6 71 5.4 14.5 168 36 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.6 10.87 5 800 2079 16.9 9.1 60 7.8 12.0 182 20 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.0 9.11 6 750 2625 12.6 5.9 63 6.7 8.6 175 11 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.2 7.78 7 700 3200 7.9 4.4 79 3.5 5.9 215 5 311.2 312.7 292.9 334.5 7.53 8 650 3807 3.1 1.3 88 1.8 2.1 274 7 312.5 313.8 292.4 332.8 6.49 9 600 4451 -0.9 -8.3 57 7.4 -4.1 303 9 315.1 315.7 290.6 326.1 3.42 10 550 5140 -5.1 -17.0 39 11.9 -9.3 331 11 318.0 318.3 290.0 324.1 1.83 11 500 5880 -10.6 -22.2 38 11.6 -14.0 348 11 320.1 320.4 290.1 324.5 1.29 12 450 6682 -16.2 -31.4 26 15.2 -19.3 330 8 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.62 13 400 7556 -22.3 -41.9 15 19.6 -24.9 285 13 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.24 14 350 8524 -28.7 -49.2 12 20.5 -30.6 282 23 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9607 -37.5 -49.6 27 12.1 -38.4 280 31 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.14 16 250 10837 -47.5 -54.9 42 7.4 -47.8 290 34 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.09 17 200 12285 -53.9 -66.0 22 12.0 -54.2 300 22 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14120 -55.7 -82.5 2 26.8 -56.1 302 25 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16684 -58.6 -82.9 3 24.3 -58.9 307 20 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.08 m Freezing level: 611.16 mb = 4307.29 m = 14131.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.02 mb = 4019.79 m = 13188.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.79 mb = 1551.10 m = 5088.86 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 3.32 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2945.69 m = 9664.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 450.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.86 mb = 2165.17 m = 7103.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.86 mb = 3720.76 m = 12207.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.86 mb = 10919.15 m = 35823.55 ft B at Equ Level: 444.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.86 mb = 12718.32 m = 41726.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.8 neg: -45.0 tot: 134.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 5.43 Bulk Shear: 83.13 m/s