MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 45.24,-102.95 Latitude: 45.24 Longitude: -102.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 616 SFC 925 848 21.1 19.1 89 1.9 19.7 107 12 300.8 303.6 295.7 345.6 15.24 3 900 1086 18.9 18.0 94 1.0 18.3 116 18 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.8 14.55 4 850 1576 16.0 15.6 97 0.4 15.7 135 19 302.9 305.4 294.8 342.1 13.21 5 800 2091 13.4 12.9 97 0.4 13.1 169 17 305.4 307.6 294.5 340.7 11.79 6 750 2633 11.7 7.1 73 4.6 8.9 219 11 309.3 310.9 293.1 335.1 8.45 7 700 3208 8.6 -0.2 54 8.7 3.9 263 12 312.0 313.0 291.4 328.9 5.41 8 650 3815 2.8 -1.5 73 4.3 0.6 275 20 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.7 5.29 9 600 4457 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.9 -3.5 281 28 313.6 314.5 291.0 327.5 4.38 10 550 5142 -7.0 -10.0 79 3.0 -8.2 280 33 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.3 3.25 11 500 5879 -11.6 -13.9 83 2.3 -12.5 274 29 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.5 2.61 12 450 6680 -16.3 -18.5 83 2.3 -17.0 260 20 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.97 13 400 7556 -21.6 -24.5 78 2.8 -22.3 229 9 326.9 327.1 292.1 331.5 1.32 14 350 8526 -28.3 -30.9 79 2.5 -28.8 265 3 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.6 0.83 15 300 9609 -37.6 -40.6 74 3.0 -37.9 292 5 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.37 16 250 10838 -47.3 -53.3 50 6.0 -47.6 87 18 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.11 17 200 12287 -51.5 -69.2 10 17.7 -51.9 219 10 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14145 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 290 20 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16704 -60.2 -76.8 10 16.6 -60.4 304 23 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.22 m Freezing level: 621.68 mb = 4178.47 m = 13708.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.62 mb = 3906.42 m = 12816.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.50 mb = 1090.65 m = 3578.21 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 19.32 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1501.35 m = 4925.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.82 C = 73.07 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 27.18 C K Index: 34.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1515.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.84 mb = 1437.38 m = 4715.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.84 mb = 1688.08 m = 5538.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.84 mb = 2424.58 m = 7954.55 ft B at Equ Level: 18.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.84 mb = 14632.86 m = 48007.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 204.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 8.80 Bulk Shear: 172.21 m/s