MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 43.6,-103.22 Latitude: 43.60 Longitude: -103.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 590 SFC 903 1040 23.9 19.3 75 4.6 20.6 126 9 305.9 308.8 297.3 353.2 15.78 3 900 1065 23.0 18.6 76 4.5 19.9 130 10 305.2 308.1 296.7 350.4 15.11 4 850 1561 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.4 144 11 305.9 308.5 296.3 348.5 14.21 5 800 2080 15.2 13.5 90 1.7 14.1 184 8 307.4 309.7 295.4 344.5 12.29 6 750 2627 15.0 4.0 48 10.9 8.6 294 9 312.8 314.1 292.8 334.1 6.82 7 700 3209 12.1 -4.4 31 16.5 3.8 313 17 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.94 8 650 3823 7.2 -10.5 27 17.7 -0.6 300 22 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.7 2.63 9 600 4474 1.5 -15.5 27 17.0 -5.0 287 25 317.9 318.3 290.0 324.3 1.91 10 550 5166 -4.6 -19.1 31 14.6 -9.4 279 27 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.9 1.53 11 500 5906 -11.2 -20.4 46 9.3 -14.0 279 31 319.4 319.7 290.1 324.5 1.50 12 450 6704 -17.9 -26.8 45 8.9 -20.0 275 31 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.0 0.94 13 400 7573 -23.9 -47.7 9 23.8 -26.5 256 28 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.13 14 350 8532 -31.4 -46.9 20 15.5 -32.8 256 21 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.16 15 300 9604 -39.5 -52.6 24 13.1 -40.3 185 15 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.10 16 250 10828 -47.1 -64.2 12 17.1 -47.6 210 9 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12291 -50.1 -71.4 6 21.3 -50.5 251 10 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14157 -52.9 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 271 20 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16716 -61.1 -87.3 2 26.2 -61.4 303 18 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.49 m Freezing level: 587.42 mb = 4648.40 m = 15250.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.53 mb = 3740.14 m = 12270.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.47 mb = 1627.48 m = 5339.43 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 29.34 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.66 mb = 2019.95 m = 6627.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 27.87 C K Index: 30.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2333.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.25 mb = 1876.83 m = 6157.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.25 mb = 3895.30 m = 12779.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.25 mb = 11839.54 m = 38843.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2327.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.25 mb = 15345.34 m = 50344.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.5 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 310.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.3 neg: -10.9 tot: 73.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 19.10 Bulk Shear: 122.16 m/s