MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030600F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030600F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.80,-120.08 Latitude: 43.80 Longitude: -120.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 533 2 900 1010 SFC 862 1388 24.1 8.3 36 15.8 14.3 9 11 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.7 7.99 4 850 1509 21.8 8.4 42 13.4 13.5 355 11 309.0 310.6 292.8 334.0 8.18 5 800 2030 17.2 5.9 47 11.3 10.4 351 10 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.8 7.28 6 750 2576 12.5 3.6 55 8.9 7.4 324 6 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.6 6.61 7 700 3150 7.4 1.6 66 5.9 4.2 256 6 310.7 311.9 291.6 329.8 6.13 8 650 3755 1.9 -0.9 82 2.8 0.5 229 12 311.1 312.2 291.3 328.4 5.53 9 600 4394 -3.4 -4.9 89 1.6 -4.1 220 18 312.2 313.1 290.6 326.2 4.42 10 550 5076 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.8 -9.1 218 21 313.7 314.3 290.1 324.4 3.35 11 500 5807 -14.4 -16.0 88 1.6 -15.0 222 23 315.4 315.9 289.6 322.6 2.19 12 450 6596 -19.6 -28.4 46 8.8 -21.5 227 25 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.4 0.81 13 400 7459 -26.2 -34.2 47 8.0 -27.4 229 25 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.8 0.53 14 350 8410 -33.6 -43.8 35 10.2 -34.5 237 24 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.23 15 300 9471 -42.0 -50.4 39 8.4 -42.4 243 26 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.13 16 250 10685 -48.0 -61.9 19 13.9 -48.4 254 46 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 17 200 12146 -50.5 -67.7 11 17.2 -50.9 249 54 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14019 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 237 32 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.9 0.00 19 100 16621 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 235 17 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.56 m Freezing level: 631.79 mb = 3987.57 m = 13082.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.66 mb = 3820.59 m = 12534.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.73 % Est. max temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.55 mb = 3356.06 m = 11010.58 ft T: 5.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 13.33 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.94 mb = 3569.22 m = 11709.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.94 C = 76.89 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 59.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 855.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.47 mb = 3392.92 m = 11131.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.47 mb = 3822.89 m = 12542.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.47 mb = 10310.39 m = 33826.32 ft B at Equ Level: 851.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.47 mb = 12672.47 m = 41575.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.3 neg: -8.1 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.25 Bulk Shear: 75.99 m/s