MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 6Z 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 152 1 950 608 SFC 919 895 18.2 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 120 8 298.4 301.0 294.2 339.5 14.11 3 900 1074 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 131 13 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.3 13.74 4 850 1562 15.2 14.4 95 0.8 14.7 156 13 302.1 304.3 293.9 338.2 12.25 5 800 2077 15.4 6.1 54 9.3 9.9 131 7 307.6 309.0 291.7 330.2 7.42 6 750 2622 13.3 1.1 43 12.2 6.6 19 4 311.0 312.0 291.2 328.2 5.53 7 700 3198 9.8 -3.8 38 13.6 2.9 329 13 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.3 4.11 8 650 3808 5.0 -8.3 37 13.3 -1.0 324 18 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.7 3.13 9 600 4455 -0.1 -13.9 34 13.8 -5.4 317 20 316.0 316.4 289.7 323.2 2.17 10 550 5143 -5.5 -18.0 37 12.5 -9.6 311 19 317.6 317.9 289.8 323.3 1.69 11 500 5883 -11.1 -19.7 49 8.6 -13.7 309 16 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.9 1.60 12 450 6683 -16.6 -20.9 69 4.3 -17.9 308 11 322.3 322.7 291.1 327.8 1.60 13 400 7557 -22.4 -24.4 84 2.0 -22.9 270 7 325.8 326.1 291.9 330.5 1.32 14 350 8526 -28.6 -32.5 69 3.9 -29.3 163 6 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.8 0.71 15 300 9609 -37.4 -41.9 62 4.6 -37.8 97 8 332.7 332.8 292.8 333.9 0.32 16 250 10838 -48.2 -52.7 60 4.5 -48.4 81 13 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12277 -54.7 -61.5 43 6.8 -54.8 355 4 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 18 150 14123 -54.9 -76.6 5 21.7 -55.3 301 23 375.4 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 318 23 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.74 m Freezing level: 600.93 mb = 4442.88 m = 14576.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.43 mb = 3652.30 m = 11982.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.40 mb = 937.42 m = 3075.47 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2753.50 m = 9033.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 27.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.81 mb = 1543.43 m = 5063.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.81 mb = 4231.75 m = 13883.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.81 mb = 11187.77 m = 36704.82 ft B at Equ Level: 692.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.81 mb = 13441.89 m = 44100.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.2 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 346.2 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.5 neg: -32.2 tot: 8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 92.49 m/s