MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.85,-101.31 Latitude: 43.85 Longitude: -101.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 548 SFC 935 690 32.4 14.9 35 17.5 20.4 160 6 311.4 313.6 295.9 346.7 11.48 3 900 1031 28.0 13.4 41 14.6 18.2 167 6 310.4 312.4 295.1 343.5 10.83 4 850 1533 23.1 12.4 51 10.7 16.0 187 7 310.3 312.4 295.1 343.1 10.72 5 800 2058 18.3 10.6 61 7.6 13.3 220 8 310.6 312.5 294.7 341.6 10.11 6 750 2607 13.8 7.2 64 6.6 9.7 250 9 311.6 313.2 293.8 337.8 8.51 7 700 3184 9.8 0.3 52 9.5 4.6 282 12 313.3 314.4 291.9 330.8 5.58 8 650 3795 4.9 -4.3 52 9.1 0.4 302 19 314.5 315.3 291.2 328.2 4.29 9 600 4441 -0.7 -7.4 61 6.6 -3.7 309 23 315.3 316.0 290.9 327.0 3.67 10 550 5128 -6.2 -12.6 60 6.4 -8.7 299 24 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.4 2.65 11 500 5866 -11.4 -19.6 51 8.2 -13.9 292 30 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.7 1.62 12 450 6666 -16.9 -27.8 38 10.9 -19.4 291 35 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.87 13 400 7537 -23.6 -35.3 33 11.7 -25.5 294 36 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.0 0.47 14 350 8498 -30.3 -33.2 76 2.9 -30.7 311 21 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.67 15 300 9578 -37.8 -39.1 87 1.3 -37.9 323 11 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.7 0.43 16 250 10808 -47.0 -56.4 33 9.4 -47.4 89 5 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 17 200 12267 -50.2 -71.0 7 20.8 -50.6 284 17 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14136 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 296 21 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16692 -61.5 -88.2 2 26.7 -61.7 304 23 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.21 m Freezing level: 606.60 mb = 4355.44 m = 14289.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.47 mb = 3851.44 m = 12635.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.21 mb = 2876.74 m = 9438.01 ft T: 11.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 22.00 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.41 mb = 3191.29 m = 10470.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.55 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 37.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1668.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.48 mb = 2873.63 m = 9427.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.48 mb = 3527.17 m = 11571.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.48 mb = 11599.92 m = 38057.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1650.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.48 mb = 14504.75 m = 47587.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 25.57 Bulk Shear: 65.26 m/s