MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-95.70 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -95.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 973 402 19.2 16.7 85 2.6 17.5 176 12 294.7 296.9 291.7 330.0 12.34 2 950 611 16.8 14.9 88 2.0 15.5 183 20 294.2 296.3 290.7 326.4 11.25 3 900 1070 15.5 12.4 82 3.0 13.6 192 24 297.4 299.3 290.8 326.8 10.11 4 850 1556 14.7 10.4 76 4.3 12.0 212 11 301.5 303.2 291.5 329.2 9.36 5 800 2066 11.7 6.5 70 5.2 8.7 246 11 303.7 305.1 290.7 326.5 7.63 6 750 2604 8.0 4.1 76 3.9 5.8 254 12 305.2 306.5 290.6 325.9 6.84 7 700 3169 3.9 2.1 88 1.7 2.9 247 11 306.8 308.0 290.6 326.3 6.39 8 650 3768 0.3 -0.4 95 0.7 -0.1 234 10 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.0 5.72 9 600 4406 -3.2 -4.1 94 0.9 -3.6 235 10 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.3 4.72 10 550 5091 -6.9 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.2 243 11 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.91 11 500 5829 -11.2 -12.0 94 0.8 -11.5 250 11 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.4 3.05 12 450 6630 -16.1 -17.4 90 1.3 -16.6 265 11 323.0 323.4 291.8 330.3 2.17 13 400 7506 -22.1 -25.2 76 3.1 -22.8 290 11 326.2 326.5 291.9 330.6 1.23 14 350 8472 -29.8 -34.2 65 4.4 -30.4 295 14 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.60 15 300 9549 -39.2 -43.4 65 4.1 -39.6 285 23 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.28 16 250 10768 -49.4 -54.0 59 4.6 -49.6 283 26 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 17 200 12216 -52.1 -61.9 30 9.8 -52.3 294 15 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.05 18 150 14072 -54.1 -76.1 5 22.0 -54.5 296 23 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.01 19 100 16615 -61.6 -76.4 12 14.8 -61.8 321 21 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.24 m Freezing level: 645.98 mb = 3819.00 m = 12529.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.60 mb = 3747.79 m = 12295.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.99 mb = 728.00 m = 2388.41 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.70 mb = 2111.10 m = 6926.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.95 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6552.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.44 mb = 1199.34 m = 3934.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.2 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 259.2 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.4 neg: -8.3 tot: 51.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 23.95 m/s