MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 44.37,-103.57 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -103.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 579 2 900 1058 SFC 874 1315 24.8 17.7 64 7.2 19.8 141 6 309.7 312.4 297.5 354.4 14.70 4 850 1556 20.9 15.3 70 5.7 17.0 157 7 308.0 310.5 296.0 347.2 12.93 5 800 2078 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.6 217 4 309.4 311.5 294.9 342.5 10.86 6 750 2626 13.9 4.7 54 9.1 8.5 298 8 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.9 7.18 7 700 3204 9.7 0.8 54 9.0 4.8 304 13 313.2 314.4 292.1 331.4 5.78 8 650 3814 5.4 -3.2 54 8.7 1.1 290 19 315.1 316.0 291.7 329.9 4.64 9 600 4463 0.1 -7.9 55 8.0 -3.4 294 24 316.3 317.0 291.0 327.7 3.52 10 550 5152 -5.6 -12.4 59 6.7 -8.3 289 29 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.2 2.69 11 500 5891 -11.5 -20.0 49 8.5 -14.1 279 35 319.0 319.3 290.0 324.3 1.56 12 450 6688 -17.7 -29.5 35 11.9 -20.2 275 33 321.0 321.2 289.9 323.6 0.74 13 400 7559 -23.0 -40.8 18 17.8 -25.4 255 22 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.27 14 350 8522 -30.5 -40.2 38 9.7 -31.7 227 12 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.33 15 300 9601 -37.6 -45.8 42 8.2 -38.3 128 18 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.21 16 250 10831 -47.2 -58.0 28 10.9 -47.6 115 17 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12287 -51.6 -72.7 6 21.2 -52.0 192 7 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14143 -54.1 -82.1 2 28.1 -54.5 286 17 376.9 376.9 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16704 -60.1 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 299 17 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.30 m Freezing level: 598.82 mb = 4478.80 m = 14694.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3964.09 m = 13005.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.12 mb = 2215.88 m = 7269.84 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 30.76 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.16 mb = 2989.15 m = 9806.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.44 C Cross Totals Index: 26.79 C K Index: 38.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1804.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.36 mb = 2576.81 m = 8454.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.36 mb = 3450.23 m = 11319.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.36 mb = 11683.71 m = 38331.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1799.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.36 mb = 15077.65 m = 49466.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 312.0 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 21.72 Bulk Shear: 83.09 m/s