MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 43.4,-103.43 Latitude: 43.40 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 590 2 900 1068 SFC 898 1086 24.9 18.8 69 6.1 20.6 120 8 307.3 310.2 297.4 353.8 15.41 4 850 1566 20.1 16.1 78 3.9 17.4 151 10 307.2 309.7 296.3 348.5 13.71 5 800 2087 16.0 13.4 84 2.6 14.3 187 9 308.2 310.5 295.5 345.0 12.16 6 750 2635 15.2 4.3 48 10.8 8.8 277 11 313.0 314.4 293.0 334.8 6.97 7 700 3216 12.4 -4.1 31 16.5 4.0 299 19 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.2 4.03 8 650 3831 7.6 -10.0 27 17.6 -0.2 292 23 317.5 318.1 290.7 326.6 2.75 9 600 4483 1.8 -15.9 26 17.7 -4.9 287 24 318.2 318.5 290.1 324.4 1.85 10 550 5176 -4.5 -19.7 30 15.2 -9.5 282 24 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.7 1.46 11 500 5916 -11.1 -20.8 44 9.8 -14.0 284 27 319.6 319.8 290.1 324.5 1.46 12 450 6713 -18.3 -24.2 60 5.9 -19.7 283 30 320.3 320.5 290.1 324.4 1.20 13 400 7580 -24.9 -38.4 27 13.6 -26.7 261 24 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.35 14 350 8537 -32.1 -46.0 24 14.0 -33.3 256 22 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.18 15 300 9605 -40.0 -52.7 24 12.7 -40.7 209 10 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.10 16 250 10830 -46.4 -64.5 11 18.1 -47.0 229 12 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 17 200 12298 -49.5 -72.0 6 22.4 -50.0 259 12 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14165 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 273 21 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16725 -60.7 -79.9 6 19.2 -61.0 308 16 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.66 m Freezing level: 585.83 mb = 4679.72 m = 15353.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.54 mb = 3799.07 m = 12463.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.00 mb = 1853.61 m = 6081.33 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 30.12 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.70 mb = 2970.49 m = 9745.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.11 C Cross Totals Index: 27.20 C K Index: 30.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2463.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.26 mb = 2105.01 m = 6906.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.26 mb = 3916.36 m = 12848.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.26 mb = 11876.08 m = 38963.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2452.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.26 mb = 15938.88 m = 52292.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.1 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 311.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 111.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 23.70 Bulk Shear: 103.96 m/s