MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 50.51,-112.24 Latitude: 50.51 Longitude: -112.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 531 SFC 923 787 24.3 17.0 64 7.3 19.3 285 1 304.4 306.9 295.3 344.2 13.35 3 900 1004 21.5 14.7 65 6.9 17.0 288 2 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.76 4 850 1496 16.9 12.7 76 4.2 14.2 273 3 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.4 10.93 5 800 2011 13.5 5.9 60 7.6 9.0 260 8 305.6 306.9 291.0 327.6 7.30 6 750 2550 9.5 1.1 56 8.4 5.1 256 14 306.9 308.0 289.9 323.9 5.54 7 700 3118 4.7 -1.6 64 6.3 1.5 256 16 307.7 308.6 289.6 322.8 4.87 8 650 3717 -0.4 -4.6 73 4.2 -2.3 257 17 308.5 309.3 289.2 321.6 4.19 9 600 4351 -5.3 -9.4 73 4.1 -7.0 252 17 310.0 310.6 288.7 319.9 3.14 10 550 5028 -9.5 -16.6 56 7.1 -11.8 249 18 312.8 313.2 288.4 319.1 1.90 11 500 5757 -14.1 -23.9 43 9.8 -16.6 248 19 315.8 316.0 288.6 319.6 1.10 12 450 6548 -20.1 -31.1 37 11.0 -22.2 233 21 317.9 318.1 288.8 320.2 0.63 13 400 7407 -26.8 -38.1 34 11.3 -28.3 241 26 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.36 14 350 8355 -34.5 -42.7 43 8.2 -35.3 244 29 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.2 0.25 15 300 9411 -43.4 -50.6 45 7.2 -43.7 240 31 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.12 16 250 10616 -50.4 -60.9 28 10.6 -50.6 234 34 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.04 17 200 12068 -49.1 -70.4 7 21.3 -49.6 216 32 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 13965 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 194 24 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16587 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 180 16 421.9 421.9 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.21 m Freezing level: 653.89 mb = 3670.06 m = 12040.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.05 mb = 3351.48 m = 10995.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.88 mb = 1709.71 m = 5609.23 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 25.13 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.76 mb = 2257.20 m = 7405.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.85 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1929.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.29 mb = 1996.92 m = 6551.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.29 mb = 2591.16 m = 8501.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.29 mb = 10982.79 m = 36032.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1926.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.29 mb = 14126.59 m = 46346.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 88.43 Bulk Shear: 21.82 m/s