MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 44.76,-103.06 Latitude: 44.76 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 599 SFC 922 863 22.5 19.8 84 2.8 20.6 144 16 302.7 305.6 296.5 349.8 15.92 3 900 1069 19.8 17.7 87 2.1 18.4 148 19 302.0 304.6 295.3 344.2 14.31 4 850 1560 16.5 15.3 93 1.2 15.7 168 20 303.4 305.8 294.8 341.9 12.97 5 800 2075 14.0 11.3 84 2.7 12.3 193 15 306.0 308.0 293.8 337.8 10.56 6 750 2620 13.3 3.0 50 10.3 7.5 255 10 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.8 6.36 7 700 3196 9.4 -1.0 48 10.3 3.9 294 15 312.9 313.8 291.4 328.9 5.10 8 650 3805 4.5 -2.0 62 6.5 1.2 283 21 314.1 315.1 291.7 330.2 5.08 9 600 4452 -0.8 -5.0 73 4.2 -2.7 279 27 315.2 316.1 291.5 329.3 4.41 10 550 5139 -6.7 -10.3 76 3.5 -8.2 279 31 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.4 3.18 11 500 5876 -11.2 -16.7 64 5.5 -13.0 273 34 319.3 319.7 290.6 326.3 2.07 12 450 6677 -16.5 -26.3 43 9.8 -18.8 268 28 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.0 0.99 13 400 7551 -22.3 -34.7 31 12.4 -24.4 249 15 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.50 14 350 8518 -29.2 -36.1 51 7.0 -30.2 236 11 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.3 0.50 15 300 9601 -36.9 -42.2 58 5.3 -37.4 139 14 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.31 16 250 10835 -47.0 -53.5 47 6.5 -47.3 95 17 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.11 17 200 12280 -53.3 -70.2 11 16.9 -53.6 137 2 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14137 -54.3 -82.4 2 28.2 -54.6 281 22 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16695 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 306 21 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.36 m Freezing level: 607.17 mb = 4359.04 m = 14301.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.82 mb = 3996.22 m = 13110.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.14 mb = 1212.29 m = 3977.29 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 20.83 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1725.95 m = 5662.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 32.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1460.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.34 mb = 1576.99 m = 5173.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.34 mb = 3515.40 m = 11533.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.34 mb = 11861.99 m = 38916.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1441.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.34 mb = 14423.56 m = 47320.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.0 neg: -9.6 tot: 117.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 9.30 Bulk Shear: 157.10 m/s