MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 2 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 140 1 950 589 SFC 912 948 26.1 18.1 61 8.0 20.4 156 15 307.3 310.0 296.8 350.8 14.46 3 900 1065 23.5 17.3 68 6.2 19.2 146 17 305.7 308.3 296.1 347.5 13.95 4 850 1562 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.0 157 18 306.2 308.8 296.0 347.0 13.58 5 800 2081 15.5 13.4 87 2.1 14.1 173 13 307.6 309.9 295.4 344.3 12.15 6 750 2627 12.8 9.7 82 3.1 10.9 249 6 310.5 312.4 294.7 341.5 10.15 7 700 3205 10.3 2.0 56 8.3 5.6 294 13 313.9 315.2 292.7 333.9 6.35 8 650 3817 6.5 -9.1 32 15.6 -0.5 295 21 316.4 316.9 290.6 326.0 2.95 9 600 4467 0.8 -13.4 34 14.1 -4.8 290 28 317.0 317.4 290.1 324.5 2.27 10 550 5156 -5.7 -16.4 43 10.7 -9.4 285 34 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.8 1.93 11 500 5894 -12.0 -22.1 43 10.1 -14.8 281 35 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.9 1.30 12 450 6691 -17.4 -30.2 32 12.8 -20.0 274 28 321.4 321.6 289.9 323.9 0.69 13 400 7562 -23.5 -33.9 38 10.4 -25.2 266 22 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.5 0.54 14 350 8524 -30.7 -40.5 38 9.8 -31.8 249 11 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.32 15 300 9599 -39.2 -46.4 46 7.3 -39.7 180 4 330.2 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.20 16 250 10822 -47.7 -63.9 14 16.2 -48.1 124 11 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 17 200 12282 -49.5 -71.6 6 22.1 -50.0 254 14 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.01 18 150 14149 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 274 21 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16710 -60.7 -86.6 2 25.9 -61.0 307 20 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.65 m Freezing level: 594.12 mb = 4547.95 m = 14920.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.91 mb = 3767.73 m = 12361.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.99 mb = 1964.06 m = 6443.70 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.29 C/km ThetaE index: 27.92 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2230.95 m = 7319.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 27.95 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2190.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.29 mb = 1982.00 m = 6502.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.29 mb = 3637.42 m = 11933.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.29 mb = 11830.34 m = 38812.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2172.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.29 mb = 15336.53 m = 50316.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.5 neg: -23.5 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.38 Bulk Shear: 163.67 m/s