MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 2Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 44.89,-103.54 Latitude: 44.89 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 591 SFC 914 932 20.9 19.0 89 1.9 19.6 87 10 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.0 15.35 3 900 1062 20.7 18.7 88 2.1 19.3 106 15 302.9 305.7 296.2 347.9 15.21 4 850 1556 17.9 16.3 90 1.6 16.8 143 16 304.9 307.5 295.8 346.3 13.85 5 800 2074 16.7 9.8 63 7.0 12.3 184 4 309.0 310.8 293.9 338.0 9.54 6 750 2623 14.8 0.3 37 14.5 6.9 322 8 312.6 313.6 291.5 329.0 5.22 7 700 3202 10.7 -1.5 43 12.2 4.3 305 16 314.4 315.3 291.7 329.9 4.91 8 650 3814 6.1 -7.4 37 13.5 -0.2 307 23 315.9 316.5 290.8 326.8 3.37 9 600 4463 0.6 -12.1 38 12.8 -4.6 298 28 316.9 317.3 290.3 325.1 2.51 10 550 5153 -5.3 -18.3 35 13.1 -9.6 295 31 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.3 1.64 11 500 5892 -11.4 -22.0 41 10.6 -14.4 296 29 319.2 319.5 289.9 323.7 1.31 12 450 6690 -17.2 -25.2 50 8.0 -19.1 295 22 321.6 321.9 290.4 325.5 1.10 13 400 7563 -22.8 -28.2 61 5.4 -23.9 282 10 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.93 14 350 8527 -30.0 -42.8 28 12.8 -31.4 195 8 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.25 15 300 9605 -38.7 -47.7 38 9.0 -39.3 145 16 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.5 0.17 16 250 10833 -47.3 -53.7 48 6.4 -47.6 100 28 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12283 -51.5 -73.5 6 22.0 -51.9 269 8 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14144 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 286 24 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16702 -60.1 -79.1 7 19.0 -60.4 310 22 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.23 m Freezing level: 594.63 mb = 4537.27 m = 14885.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.75 mb = 3791.73 m = 12439.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.48 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.95 mb = 1169.07 m = 3835.50 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 18.93 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.41 mb = 2719.56 m = 8922.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -7.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 27.66 C K Index: 33.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 495.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1914.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.29 mb = 1735.83 m = 5694.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.29 mb = 3721.80 m = 12210.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.29 mb = 11744.17 m = 38530.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1911.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.29 mb = 15179.51 m = 49800.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 326.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.4 neg: -7.4 tot: 155.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 11.96 Bulk Shear: 160.09 m/s