MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030600F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030600F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 42.16,-103.41 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -103.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 540 2 900 1023 SFC 867 1350 28.6 8.5 28 20.1 15.8 84 3 314.3 315.8 294.2 339.5 8.08 4 850 1528 25.2 6.7 31 18.5 13.8 66 3 312.6 314.0 293.1 335.2 7.28 5 800 2055 19.9 5.6 39 14.4 11.3 46 2 312.4 313.8 292.9 334.6 7.12 6 750 2606 14.7 3.3 46 11.4 8.2 13 2 312.6 313.8 292.5 332.9 6.50 7 700 3184 9.7 0.7 54 9.0 4.8 332 3 313.2 314.3 292.0 331.2 5.75 8 650 3794 4.5 -2.6 60 7.0 0.9 312 7 314.0 314.9 291.6 329.5 4.88 9 600 4439 -1.2 -6.2 69 5.0 -3.5 315 12 314.8 315.5 291.0 327.6 4.01 10 550 5126 -7.1 -9.9 81 2.8 -8.2 315 13 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.3 3.29 11 500 5860 -12.5 -16.5 72 4.0 -13.8 314 11 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.8 2.11 12 450 6656 -17.8 -24.6 55 6.8 -19.5 312 13 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.9 1.16 13 400 7528 -22.9 -37.9 24 15.1 -25.2 306 16 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.36 14 350 8493 -29.8 -45.7 20 15.9 -31.4 301 17 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.18 15 300 9570 -38.8 -51.6 25 12.8 -39.6 323 12 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.11 16 250 10796 -46.9 -63.0 14 16.1 -47.4 305 27 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 17 200 12260 -50.1 -68.5 10 18.4 -50.5 313 41 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 18 150 14126 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 300 26 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16680 -62.4 -87.8 2 25.4 -62.6 305 15 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.71 m Freezing level: 610.31 mb = 4305.91 m = 14126.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.78 mb = 3921.74 m = 12866.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 646.68 mb = 3835.20 m = 12582.53 ft T: 4.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.67 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.08 mb = 4044.79 m = 13270.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.56 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 532.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 644.63 mb = 3860.88 m = 12666.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.63 mb = 4310.64 m = 14142.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.63 mb = 10287.57 m = 33751.47 ft B at Equ Level: 531.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.63 mb = 12272.30 m = 40262.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.4 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 347.4 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 41.01 Bulk Shear: 12.99 m/s