MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F034.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F034.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: 34 hour RUC valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.47,-112.02 Latitude: 51.47 Longitude: -112.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 538 SFC 914 870 19.1 16.2 83 2.9 17.1 357 10 299.9 302.2 293.6 337.2 12.76 3 900 1005 17.8 15.0 84 2.8 15.9 353 13 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.9 11.98 4 850 1492 15.0 10.3 73 4.7 12.0 353 13 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.3 9.26 5 800 2003 11.5 4.9 64 6.6 7.8 329 6 303.4 304.7 289.9 323.9 6.81 6 750 2539 7.9 0.7 60 7.2 4.1 240 11 305.1 306.1 289.2 321.5 5.37 7 700 3104 3.9 -2.9 61 6.8 0.6 241 22 306.8 307.6 288.9 320.4 4.40 8 650 3701 -0.6 -5.3 70 4.7 -2.7 246 29 308.3 309.1 289.0 320.7 3.97 9 600 4336 -4.8 -8.4 76 3.6 -6.2 249 32 310.6 311.3 289.2 321.3 3.38 10 550 5015 -8.8 -12.5 74 3.7 -10.2 248 31 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.2 2.65 11 500 5747 -13.5 -18.1 68 4.6 -14.9 248 29 316.6 316.9 289.6 322.7 1.84 12 450 6540 -19.0 -25.2 58 6.2 -20.4 250 26 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.2 1.10 13 400 7405 -25.5 -32.7 51 7.2 -26.7 250 23 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.0 0.61 14 350 8356 -33.7 -40.4 51 6.7 -34.4 251 18 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.5 0.32 15 300 9415 -42.9 -49.3 49 6.5 -43.2 254 12 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.14 16 250 10619 -51.6 -60.1 36 8.4 -51.8 238 26 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.05 17 200 12061 -50.5 -70.7 7 20.2 -50.9 225 27 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13955 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 199 24 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 19 100 16590 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.5 177 14 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.60 m Freezing level: 656.24 mb = 3626.73 m = 11898.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.77 mb = 3210.77 m = 10533.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.89 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.36 mb = 1241.53 m = 4073.20 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2208.15 m = 7244.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.23 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 774.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.28 mb = 1874.49 m = 6149.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.28 mb = 2790.73 m = 9155.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.28 mb = 10689.31 m = 35069.50 ft B at Equ Level: 771.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.28 mb = 12493.56 m = 40988.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.1 neg: -16.3 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 103.37 m/s