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: 45.93,-102.91 Latitude: 45.93 Longitude: -102.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 1 950 616 SFC 927 827 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 129 9 298.4 301.0 294.3 339.8 14.22 3 900 1082 17.1 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 140 14 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.6 13.54 4 850 1569 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 154 16 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.7 12.29 5 800 2081 12.2 11.5 96 0.7 11.8 162 15 304.2 306.1 293.4 336.2 10.73 6 750 2621 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 178 9 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.2 8.36 7 700 3190 5.4 3.2 86 2.2 4.2 239 7 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.6 6.91 8 650 3792 1.2 0.4 95 0.8 0.8 268 10 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.1 6.08 9 600 4433 -1.9 -2.8 94 0.9 -2.3 273 11 313.9 314.9 291.8 330.3 5.20 10 550 5120 -5.5 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.9 266 10 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.6 4.36 11 500 5863 -9.5 -10.4 93 1.0 -9.9 257 8 321.5 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.46 12 450 6670 -14.5 -16.2 86 1.8 -15.0 248 7 325.1 325.5 292.6 333.2 2.40 13 400 7551 -20.5 -23.9 74 3.4 -21.4 228 8 328.3 328.6 292.6 333.2 1.38 14 350 8524 -28.0 -31.9 69 4.0 -28.7 207 6 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.8 0.75 15 300 9610 -36.7 -41.3 62 4.6 -37.2 144 4 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.34 16 250 10844 -47.3 -53.1 51 5.8 -47.6 46 19 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.11 17 200 12284 -55.7 -61.8 46 6.1 -55.9 267 7 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14126 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 285 23 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16682 -59.7 -75.1 12 15.4 -60.0 309 21 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.44 m Freezing level: 630.75 mb = 4038.44 m = 13249.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3948.24 m = 12953.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.48 mb = 925.78 m = 3037.30 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 10.61 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1379.37 m = 4525.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.99 C = 69.78 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.27 mb = 1348.72 m = 4424.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.27 mb = 1596.36 m = 5237.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.27 mb = 11181.31 m = 36683.64 ft B at Equ Level: 632.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.27 mb = 13428.21 m = 44055.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -150.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 45.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 20.22 Bulk Shear: 31.35 m/s