MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F000.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: RUC analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 44.1320,-103.0732 Latitude: 44.13 Longitude: -103.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 610 SFC 914 945 24.3 17.2 65 7.1 19.4 181 17 305.1 307.7 295.7 345.9 13.63 3 900 1083 21.5 15.5 69 6.0 17.4 184 19 303.6 305.9 294.4 340.4 12.37 4 850 1576 16.4 13.7 84 2.8 14.6 183 23 303.4 305.5 293.8 338.0 11.64 5 800 2090 13.4 12.1 92 1.3 12.6 183 24 305.5 307.5 294.1 339.0 11.18 6 750 2633 12.0 6.2 67 5.8 8.5 190 21 309.6 311.1 292.8 334.0 7.94 7 700 3208 9.8 0.2 51 9.6 4.6 228 14 313.3 314.4 291.9 330.8 5.56 8 650 3820 5.5 -3.2 54 8.7 1.1 269 13 315.2 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.65 9 600 4468 0.1 -6.4 62 6.5 -2.9 266 18 316.2 317.0 291.4 328.9 3.95 10 550 5157 -5.8 -11.7 63 5.8 -8.2 269 22 317.1 317.7 290.7 326.4 2.84 11 500 5894 -11.9 -19.2 55 7.3 -14.1 278 25 318.5 318.9 290.0 324.2 1.68 12 450 6692 -17.5 -30.8 30 13.3 -20.2 272 26 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.6 0.65 13 400 7562 -23.7 -39.1 23 15.4 -25.9 262 23 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.32 14 350 8522 -31.1 -41.7 35 10.6 -32.2 232 14 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.28 15 300 9595 -39.1 -52.1 24 13.0 -39.9 182 7 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.10 16 250 10820 -47.7 -59.5 24 11.8 -48.1 141 15 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 17 200 12283 -50.6 -71.9 6 21.3 -51.1 274 7 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14148 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 276 22 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16705 -60.7 -78.8 8 18.1 -61.0 301 21 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.13 m Freezing level: 599.46 mb = 4475.19 m = 14682.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.52 mb = 3989.33 m = 13088.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.46 mb = 1834.33 m = 6018.08 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.28 mb = 2485.00 m = 8152.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1154.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.01 mb = 1932.17 m = 6339.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.01 mb = 4202.09 m = 13786.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.01 mb = 11366.66 m = 37291.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1131.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.01 mb = 13728.88 m = 45041.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 37.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 21.88 Bulk Shear: 52.74 m/s