MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.49,-103.96 Latitude: 44.49 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 508 2 900 994 SFC 869 1307 29.0 13.6 39 15.4 18.5 138 13 314.6 316.8 296.6 349.9 11.35 4 850 1501 26.3 11.4 39 14.9 16.5 139 15 313.7 315.6 295.5 344.9 10.04 5 800 2031 21.4 9.8 48 11.6 13.8 146 18 313.9 315.7 295.2 343.6 9.55 6 750 2585 16.4 7.3 55 9.1 10.7 158 18 314.4 316.0 294.6 341.3 8.61 7 700 3168 11.7 2.9 55 8.8 6.6 184 15 315.5 316.8 293.5 336.8 6.77 8 650 3782 6.7 -1.8 55 8.4 2.2 217 13 316.5 317.5 292.5 333.0 5.17 9 600 4433 1.1 -6.2 58 7.3 -2.3 248 15 317.4 318.2 291.8 330.4 4.01 10 550 5125 -4.7 -10.6 63 5.9 -7.2 270 19 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.10 11 500 5866 -11.0 -15.3 71 4.2 -12.5 278 25 319.6 320.0 290.9 327.3 2.33 12 450 6665 -17.7 -21.3 74 3.5 -18.7 275 31 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.3 1.56 13 400 7534 -23.8 -33.3 41 9.5 -25.4 265 36 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.2 0.58 14 350 8498 -29.4 -48.4 14 19.0 -31.2 279 36 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.14 15 300 9577 -38.3 -44.3 53 6.0 -38.8 282 39 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.25 16 250 10803 -48.4 -54.8 47 6.4 -48.6 283 46 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.09 17 200 12245 -54.2 -66.1 22 11.8 -54.5 278 49 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14093 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 268 31 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16647 -60.6 -86.0 2 25.4 -60.9 220 6 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.95 m Freezing level: 590.30 mb = 4567.47 m = 14984.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.42 mb = 4095.62 m = 13436.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.89 mb = 3240.50 m = 10631.44 ft T: 11.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 23.70 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.98 mb = 3718.92 m = 12201.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 40.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 516.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1749.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.24 mb = 3441.80 m = 11291.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.24 mb = 4007.46 m = 13147.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.24 mb = 12173.40 m = 39938.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1725.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.24 mb = 14886.44 m = 48839.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 16.51 Bulk Shear: 105.96 m/s