MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 44.31,-101.07 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 558 SFC 943 626 25.6 22.1 81 3.5 23.0 49 5 303.8 307.2 298.2 357.5 18.04 3 900 1036 24.7 17.5 65 7.1 19.6 119 10 306.9 309.6 296.5 349.6 14.16 4 850 1535 20.9 15.7 72 5.1 17.3 158 13 308.0 310.5 296.3 348.4 13.35 5 800 2058 18.6 7.3 48 11.3 11.7 188 7 311.0 312.5 293.3 335.8 8.06 6 750 2608 15.1 -1.3 32 16.4 6.4 303 3 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.7 4.65 7 700 3186 9.9 -3.5 39 13.4 3.1 304 8 313.4 314.2 290.8 326.8 4.22 8 650 3796 4.8 -6.3 44 11.2 -0.4 294 22 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.2 3.66 9 600 4441 -0.4 -11.9 41 11.5 -5.0 297 34 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.1 2.56 10 550 5129 -6.1 -13.9 54 7.9 -9.0 302 40 316.9 317.3 290.2 324.6 2.36 11 500 5867 -11.9 -19.1 55 7.2 -14.2 307 41 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.2 1.68 12 450 6664 -17.6 -29.9 33 12.4 -20.1 305 34 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.7 0.71 13 400 7534 -23.8 -32.2 46 8.4 -25.2 293 22 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.4 0.64 14 350 8493 -31.5 -38.9 48 7.5 -32.3 291 10 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.7 0.37 15 300 9563 -40.5 -48.3 43 7.8 -41.1 292 2 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.16 16 250 10778 -49.4 -61.1 24 11.6 -49.8 320 1 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.04 17 200 12229 -51.0 -72.9 6 21.9 -51.4 300 12 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14092 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 302 24 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16651 -61.0 -87.4 2 26.4 -61.2 320 23 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.06 m Freezing level: 603.56 mb = 4395.35 m = 14420.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3725.75 m = 12223.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.93 C = 91.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.23 mb = 1072.55 m = 3518.82 ft T: 24.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 33.47 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.05 mb = 2584.34 m = 8478.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -9.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -8.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.80 C Cross Totals Index: 27.67 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3106.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.68 mb = 1837.45 m = 6028.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.68 mb = 3000.14 m = 9842.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.68 mb = 12370.13 m = 40583.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3073.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.68 mb = 16302.47 m = 53485.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.0 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 329.0 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.6 neg: -13.4 tot: 131.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.23 Bulk Rich Number: 25.84 Bulk Shear: 120.22 m/s