MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-121.13 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -121.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 1 950 570 2 900 1051 SFC 861 1439 27.1 2.2 20 24.8 12.7 301 4 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.8 5.22 4 850 1554 24.9 1.9 22 23.0 11.8 307 5 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.4 5.15 5 800 2080 19.8 0.7 28 19.1 9.2 302 6 312.3 313.2 291.2 328.1 5.04 6 750 2630 14.4 -0.3 36 14.7 6.5 291 6 312.3 313.2 291.2 328.0 5.00 7 700 3206 8.8 -1.5 48 10.3 3.4 267 5 312.2 313.2 291.0 327.6 4.89 8 650 3813 3.0 -3.2 63 6.3 -0.0 237 7 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.0 4.64 9 600 4455 -2.6 -7.1 71 4.4 -4.6 222 9 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.0 3.75 10 550 5137 -8.8 -10.6 87 1.8 -9.5 218 12 313.6 314.2 289.9 323.7 3.11 11 500 5867 -13.5 -20.0 58 6.5 -15.4 224 17 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.8 1.56 12 450 6662 -17.4 -43.0 9 25.5 -21.1 238 22 321.3 321.4 289.4 322.0 0.19 13 400 7533 -23.6 -44.5 13 20.9 -26.1 250 23 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.18 14 350 8493 -31.3 -47.7 18 16.4 -32.7 256 26 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.15 15 300 9564 -40.0 -51.3 29 11.3 -40.7 260 29 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.11 16 250 10781 -49.1 -59.8 28 10.7 -49.4 264 38 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12233 -51.6 -70.1 9 18.6 -52.0 264 53 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14101 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 262 40 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16678 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 227 15 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.75 m Freezing level: 623.24 mb = 4156.52 m = 13636.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.56 mb = 3806.02 m = 12486.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 596.90 mb = 4495.32 m = 14748.24 ft T: -3.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.92 mb = 4521.33 m = 14833.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.42 C Cross Totals Index: 15.41 C K Index: 29.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 601.53 mb = 4434.28 m = 14547.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.53 mb = 4767.55 m = 15641.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.53 mb = 6719.45 m = 22045.18 ft B at Equ Level: 75.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 306.53 mb = 9414.59 m = 30887.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.02 Bulk Shear: 15.33 m/s