MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 46.18,-103.56 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 552 SFC 911 924 26.8 14.4 46 12.4 18.4 139 5 308.1 310.2 294.9 342.5 11.36 3 900 1030 25.2 13.9 49 11.3 17.6 128 5 307.5 309.6 294.6 341.2 11.14 4 850 1528 20.5 12.6 60 7.9 15.3 149 3 307.6 309.6 294.4 340.3 10.82 5 800 2048 16.5 9.5 63 7.0 12.1 291 7 308.7 310.5 293.6 337.2 9.35 6 750 2595 13.2 4.7 57 8.4 8.2 301 15 310.9 312.2 292.5 333.0 7.17 7 700 3171 9.4 0.0 52 9.3 4.3 306 17 312.8 313.9 291.7 330.0 5.47 8 650 3780 4.3 -2.5 61 6.8 0.8 307 19 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.3 4.91 9 600 4426 -1.0 -6.0 69 5.0 -3.3 298 20 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.9 4.06 10 550 5113 -6.1 -11.5 65 5.5 -8.2 294 18 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.3 2.88 11 500 5851 -11.1 -17.4 60 6.2 -13.2 292 14 319.5 319.9 290.6 326.1 1.96 12 450 6651 -17.1 -21.5 69 4.4 -18.3 286 13 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.0 1.53 13 400 7523 -23.0 -26.3 75 3.2 -23.8 287 7 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.0 1.12 14 350 8489 -29.0 -30.7 85 1.8 -29.3 24 2 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.8 0.85 15 300 9573 -36.7 -42.6 55 5.8 -37.3 175 5 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.8 0.30 16 250 10806 -46.7 -54.0 43 7.3 -47.0 148 19 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 17 200 12251 -53.9 -62.3 35 8.4 -54.1 194 9 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14113 -53.4 -82.0 2 28.6 -53.8 286 13 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16682 -59.3 -75.2 11 15.9 -59.6 321 20 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.91 m Freezing level: 609.67 mb = 4300.99 m = 14110.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.90 mb = 3906.48 m = 12816.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.23 mb = 2491.02 m = 8172.55 ft T: 13.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.42 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3143.22 m = 10312.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1010.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.44 mb = 2567.09 m = 8422.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.44 mb = 3686.60 m = 12095.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.44 mb = 11418.33 m = 37461.27 ft B at Equ Level: 996.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.44 mb = 13799.54 m = 45273.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.7 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 326.7 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 23.22 Bulk Shear: 43.50 m/s