MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-120.95 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -120.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 589 2 900 1067 SFC 871 1351 26.7 7.2 29 19.4 14.6 215 0 311.9 313.3 293.0 334.6 7.34 4 850 1568 22.7 5.2 32 17.5 12.3 188 1 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.0 6.51 5 800 2090 17.3 3.9 41 13.4 9.6 202 2 309.6 310.8 291.5 329.2 6.35 6 750 2635 12.0 1.5 49 10.5 6.3 211 3 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.3 5.71 7 700 3207 6.9 -1.6 55 8.5 2.5 215 5 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.2 4.85 8 650 3811 1.6 -5.6 59 7.2 -1.7 217 8 310.8 311.5 289.7 323.0 3.87 9 600 4449 -3.6 -11.5 54 7.9 -6.7 220 11 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.4 2.64 10 550 5130 -8.1 -22.0 32 13.9 -12.1 230 12 314.5 314.7 288.2 318.5 1.19 11 500 5864 -12.3 -34.7 14 22.3 -16.7 240 12 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.5 0.40 12 450 6660 -17.6 -40.4 12 22.9 -21.1 246 12 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.25 13 400 7529 -24.2 -42.5 17 18.3 -26.5 255 14 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.3 0.23 14 350 8488 -31.6 -49.1 16 17.5 -33.0 259 20 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9558 -40.0 -55.8 17 15.9 -40.8 258 25 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10775 -49.6 -61.1 25 11.5 -49.9 252 26 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 17 200 12224 -50.6 -70.6 8 20.0 -51.0 261 36 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14099 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 258 31 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16681 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 221 10 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.20 m Freezing level: 634.49 mb = 4008.66 m = 13151.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.32 mb = 3560.09 m = 11679.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.56 mb = 3753.75 m = 12315.31 ft T: 2.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.12 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.92 mb = 3873.18 m = 12707.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.02 C Cross Totals Index: 17.48 C K Index: 31.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.61 mb = 3765.57 m = 12354.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.61 mb = 4077.56 m = 13377.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.61 mb = 9139.98 m = 29986.44 ft B at Equ Level: 182.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.61 mb = 11355.89 m = 37256.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 23.10 Bulk Shear: 7.90 m/s