MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.77,-96.69 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -96.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 212 SFC 971 470 18.2 14.0 76 4.3 15.5 155 9 293.9 295.7 289.8 323.6 10.38 2 950 656 16.6 12.4 76 4.2 14.0 158 14 294.1 295.8 289.2 321.4 9.55 3 900 1115 14.2 5.6 56 8.6 9.5 171 22 296.2 297.3 287.0 314.7 6.35 4 850 1595 12.9 -1.9 36 14.8 5.7 184 15 299.7 300.4 285.8 311.5 3.92 5 800 2103 11.9 3.9 58 8.0 7.5 236 9 303.9 305.0 289.7 323.0 6.36 6 750 2642 9.1 3.7 69 5.4 6.1 263 13 306.5 307.7 290.8 326.8 6.66 7 700 3210 5.1 1.8 79 3.3 3.4 267 16 308.2 309.3 291.0 327.4 6.25 8 650 3810 1.0 -0.8 88 1.8 0.1 267 16 310.1 311.1 290.9 327.3 5.55 9 600 4450 -2.9 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 263 16 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.81 10 550 5135 -6.9 -10.7 74 3.8 -8.5 259 12 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.8 3.07 11 500 5873 -11.1 -15.7 69 4.5 -12.7 266 9 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.0 2.26 12 450 6674 -16.0 -18.6 80 2.6 -16.9 270 11 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.7 1.95 13 400 7550 -22.0 -25.1 76 3.1 -22.8 266 14 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.7 1.24 14 350 8518 -29.0 -33.9 63 4.8 -29.8 278 17 329.6 329.8 292.2 331.9 0.62 15 300 9602 -36.6 -40.8 65 4.2 -37.1 282 23 333.8 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.36 16 250 10837 -46.4 -50.9 60 4.5 -46.7 282 18 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.14 17 200 12289 -54.5 -59.7 52 5.2 -54.6 299 8 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.06 18 150 14122 -55.1 -70.7 13 15.6 -55.4 295 37 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.3 0.02 19 100 16667 -61.4 -88.0 2 26.5 -61.7 309 28 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.21 m Freezing level: 636.97 mb = 3977.11 m = 13048.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.85 mb = 3824.60 m = 12547.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.15 mb = 1010.07 m = 3313.83 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 12.06 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.02 mb = 3314.25 m = 10873.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.75 C = 90.96 F Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lifted Index: 6.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.70 C Showalter Index: 10.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 9.27 C K Index: 18.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 38.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10670.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.60 mb = 1788.63 m = 5868.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 44.95 m/s