MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 43.62,-102.13 Latitude: 43.62 Longitude: -102.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 610 SFC 928 811 21.8 19.2 85 2.7 19.9 163 12 301.3 304.1 295.8 346.1 15.22 3 900 1080 19.3 17.6 90 1.7 18.1 170 19 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.2 14.20 4 850 1570 16.2 15.4 95 0.8 15.6 185 25 303.1 305.5 294.7 341.7 13.02 5 800 2085 13.4 12.7 95 0.7 12.9 200 23 305.4 307.6 294.3 340.1 11.58 6 750 2628 12.9 6.1 63 6.8 8.8 240 11 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.8 7.89 7 700 3207 11.6 -2.5 37 14.1 4.3 291 13 315.4 316.2 291.7 329.9 4.55 8 650 3821 6.9 -8.6 32 15.4 -0.2 297 21 316.7 317.3 290.8 326.8 3.08 9 600 4471 0.9 -12.4 36 13.3 -4.5 294 25 317.2 317.6 290.3 325.3 2.46 10 550 5162 -5.1 -16.2 41 11.1 -9.1 290 31 318.0 318.4 290.1 324.5 1.96 11 500 5901 -11.4 -20.6 46 9.2 -14.2 288 37 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.2 1.48 12 450 6700 -17.0 -23.3 58 6.3 -18.7 274 30 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.4 1.30 13 400 7573 -22.8 -26.1 74 3.3 -23.5 270 22 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.4 1.14 14 350 8537 -30.3 -34.1 70 3.7 -30.9 261 15 327.8 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.61 15 300 9613 -38.5 -44.0 57 5.4 -39.0 169 12 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.26 16 250 10839 -47.6 -58.7 27 11.1 -48.0 197 18 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.06 17 200 12295 -52.0 -72.1 7 20.0 -52.4 270 14 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14154 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 271 24 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16708 -60.9 -87.0 2 26.0 -61.2 300 21 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.30 m Freezing level: 592.60 mb = 4573.44 m = 15004.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.75 mb = 3799.14 m = 12464.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.67 mb = 1150.08 m = 3773.19 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km ThetaE index: 21.96 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1577.94 m = 5176.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.60 C = 74.49 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.59 C Cross Totals Index: 26.76 C K Index: 28.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1483.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.36 mb = 1476.22 m = 4843.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.36 mb = 1830.20 m = 6004.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.36 mb = 2251.10 m = 7385.40 ft B at Equ Level: 11.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 754.36 mb = 2579.40 m = 8462.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.9 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 299.9 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.4 neg: -19.4 tot: 148.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 138.63 m/s