MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 11Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.65,-96.92 Latitude: 43.65 Longitude: -96.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 962 479 17.8 17.0 95 0.8 17.2 160 12 294.2 296.4 291.9 330.6 12.75 2 950 590 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 170 16 294.6 296.8 291.9 330.7 12.61 3 900 1051 15.8 13.8 88 1.9 14.6 192 29 297.8 299.8 291.7 330.0 11.11 4 850 1537 15.3 12.2 82 3.1 13.3 221 25 302.1 304.1 292.6 333.3 10.53 5 800 2051 13.9 7.4 65 6.5 10.0 265 16 306.0 307.5 291.9 330.5 8.12 6 750 2591 9.9 3.2 63 6.8 6.2 274 16 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.0 6.41 7 700 3161 5.5 0.9 72 4.6 3.1 273 16 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.5 5.84 8 650 3761 0.8 -1.0 87 1.8 -0.2 274 15 309.9 310.9 290.8 326.8 5.46 9 600 4400 -3.1 -4.0 94 0.8 -3.5 269 12 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.5 4.76 10 550 5084 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 275 10 315.9 316.7 291.4 328.8 4.02 11 500 5824 -10.7 -11.3 96 0.5 -10.9 294 8 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.6 3.24 12 450 6626 -16.4 -18.0 87 1.6 -16.9 309 9 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.6 2.06 13 400 7501 -22.3 -25.5 75 3.2 -23.0 307 11 326.0 326.3 291.8 330.3 1.20 14 350 8467 -29.9 -34.1 67 4.2 -30.6 290 12 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.6 0.61 15 300 9543 -39.1 -42.8 67 3.8 -39.4 280 13 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.29 16 250 10767 -47.2 -55.7 37 8.5 -47.5 342 9 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.08 17 200 12216 -53.0 -60.9 38 7.9 -53.2 267 9 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14072 -54.0 -73.9 7 19.9 -54.4 298 21 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.1 0.01 19 100 16622 -60.9 -78.1 9 17.2 -61.2 318 21 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.11 m Freezing level: 639.68 mb = 3893.14 m = 12772.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.42 mb = 3731.23 m = 12241.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.02 mb = 580.89 m = 1905.78 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 6.75 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2279.79 m = 7479.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.83 mb = 1147.89 m = 3765.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.83 mb = 3578.58 m = 11740.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 504.83 mb = 5749.52 m = 18863.01 ft B at Equ Level: 76.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.83 mb = 10131.25 m = 33238.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 234.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 60.44 m/s