MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 46.16,-103.38 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 1 950 606 SFC 919 892 19.7 18.3 91 1.4 18.7 102 9 300.0 302.7 294.9 342.5 14.52 3 900 1074 17.9 17.1 95 0.8 17.4 109 12 299.9 302.4 294.4 340.1 13.74 4 850 1562 15.1 14.1 94 1.0 14.4 127 10 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.4 11.99 5 800 2075 12.9 9.9 82 2.9 11.0 124 7 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.8 9.65 6 750 2616 11.0 5.0 67 6.0 7.5 50 8 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.9 7.31 7 700 3189 8.4 -0.2 55 8.6 3.8 4 14 311.8 312.8 291.3 328.6 5.38 8 650 3797 4.4 -4.8 51 9.2 -0.0 336 17 313.9 314.7 290.9 327.0 4.11 9 600 4443 -0.4 -9.3 51 8.9 -4.3 320 21 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.8 3.15 10 550 5131 -5.7 -12.5 59 6.8 -8.3 317 22 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.1 2.66 11 500 5871 -10.7 -13.6 79 2.9 -11.8 318 18 319.9 320.5 291.4 328.8 2.68 12 450 6675 -15.5 -16.4 93 0.9 -15.8 324 11 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.8 2.36 13 400 7554 -20.8 -24.5 72 3.7 -21.7 309 4 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.7 1.32 14 350 8527 -27.8 -33.8 57 6.0 -28.8 233 1 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.5 0.63 15 300 9614 -36.6 -42.4 55 5.8 -37.1 99 7 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.30 16 250 10845 -47.8 -51.3 67 3.5 -48.0 71 13 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12284 -55.6 -61.5 48 5.8 -55.8 288 6 344.6 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14128 -54.6 -78.4 4 23.9 -54.9 300 21 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.01 19 100 16691 -59.1 -77.5 7 18.4 -59.4 306 23 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.72 m Freezing level: 604.45 mb = 4385.59 m = 14388.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.50 mb = 3790.76 m = 12436.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.12 mb = 1072.45 m = 3518.48 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 16.66 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1663.32 m = 5457.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.18 C = 71.93 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 592.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.05 mb = 1521.07 m = 4990.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.05 mb = 3934.24 m = 12907.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.05 mb = 11409.70 m = 37432.96 ft B at Equ Level: 584.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.05 mb = 13361.65 m = 43836.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 6.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -38.2 tot: -13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 7.95 Bulk Shear: 74.43 m/s