MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 49.47,-110.9 Latitude: 49.47 Longitude: -110.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 575 SFC 916 888 21.2 18.5 84 2.7 19.3 349 5 301.8 304.5 295.6 345.2 14.74 3 900 1046 19.8 17.2 85 2.6 18.0 323 7 301.9 304.4 295.0 342.7 13.85 4 850 1536 16.3 14.6 89 1.8 15.1 321 10 303.3 305.5 294.3 339.9 12.35 5 800 2050 12.5 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 323 10 304.4 306.4 293.2 335.7 10.46 6 750 2589 9.2 5.9 80 3.3 7.3 313 10 306.5 308.0 291.7 330.1 7.79 7 700 3157 4.4 1.8 83 2.6 2.9 303 10 307.3 308.5 290.7 326.4 6.23 8 650 3756 -0.1 -0.8 95 0.7 -0.4 295 10 308.8 309.9 290.6 326.0 5.56 9 600 4394 -2.7 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 281 10 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.7 5.00 10 550 5081 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.5 -6.2 267 8 317.0 317.9 292.0 330.9 4.30 11 500 5822 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.7 -10.1 244 6 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.5 3.46 12 450 6628 -14.8 -16.1 90 1.3 -15.3 197 4 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.8 2.42 13 400 7507 -21.3 -23.8 80 2.5 -22.0 156 5 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.2 1.40 14 350 8480 -27.9 -31.1 74 3.2 -28.5 111 3 331.1 331.3 292.8 334.1 0.81 15 300 9565 -37.2 -39.8 77 2.6 -37.5 168 4 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.40 16 250 10797 -46.7 -54.2 42 7.5 -47.0 152 24 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12251 -52.0 -61.9 30 9.8 -52.3 123 11 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.05 18 150 14117 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 274 7 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16710 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 345 5 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.85 m Freezing level: 651.51 mb = 3737.58 m = 12262.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.61 mb = 3673.99 m = 12053.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.28 mb = 1235.85 m = 4054.56 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1751.28 m = 5745.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.57 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.31 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1159.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.82 mb = 1638.47 m = 5375.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.82 mb = 1894.55 m = 6215.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.82 mb = 11205.42 m = 36762.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1155.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.82 mb = 13911.86 m = 45642.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -6.7 tot: -6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 402.86 Bulk Shear: 2.88 m/s