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: 44.19,-103.20 Latitude: 44.19 Longitude: -103.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 1 950 607 SFC 909 992 24.1 17.1 65 7.0 19.2 178 17 305.4 308.0 295.8 346.2 13.63 3 900 1080 21.8 15.6 68 6.2 17.6 183 18 303.9 306.2 294.6 341.0 12.48 4 850 1573 16.9 13.7 81 3.2 14.8 183 22 303.9 306.0 294.0 338.6 11.66 5 800 2088 13.8 12.0 89 1.8 12.6 184 23 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.1 11.09 6 750 2632 12.5 5.5 62 7.1 8.3 192 19 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.5 7.56 7 700 3208 9.7 0.1 51 9.7 4.5 230 12 313.2 314.3 291.9 330.5 5.49 8 650 3819 5.4 -3.0 55 8.4 1.1 271 13 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.0 4.71 9 600 4467 -0.0 -6.2 63 6.2 -2.9 266 18 316.1 316.9 291.4 329.0 4.01 10 550 5156 -5.9 -11.4 65 5.5 -8.1 271 23 317.1 317.6 290.7 326.6 2.91 11 500 5893 -12.0 -18.6 58 6.6 -14.1 279 26 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.3 1.76 12 450 6690 -17.6 -30.8 30 13.3 -20.3 271 26 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.5 0.65 13 400 7560 -23.7 -40.3 20 16.6 -25.9 262 22 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.28 14 350 8520 -31.0 -42.2 32 11.2 -32.3 229 14 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.27 15 300 9594 -39.0 -51.9 24 12.9 -39.8 172 7 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 16 250 10820 -47.7 -59.1 26 11.4 -48.0 138 15 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 17 200 12281 -50.9 -71.7 7 20.8 -51.3 273 6 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14147 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 275 21 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16704 -60.6 -80.5 6 19.8 -60.9 300 21 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.23 m Freezing level: 600.26 mb = 4463.37 m = 14643.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.99 mb = 3995.20 m = 13107.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.90 mb = 1869.07 m = 6132.03 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 15.64 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.94 mb = 2789.75 m = 9152.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 495.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1200.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.87 mb = 1994.49 m = 6543.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.87 mb = 4150.91 m = 13618.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.87 mb = 11256.52 m = 36930.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1190.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.87 mb = 13981.38 m = 45870.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.8 neg: -7.4 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 21.12 Bulk Shear: 56.86 m/s