MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.78,-111.36 Latitude: 50.78 Longitude: -111.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 537 SFC 930 722 21.8 17.9 79 3.9 19.1 32 5 301.1 303.7 294.8 342.2 13.98 3 900 1007 20.1 14.7 71 5.4 16.5 39 8 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.0 11.75 4 850 1497 16.5 13.0 80 3.5 14.2 44 7 303.4 305.4 293.4 336.5 11.13 5 800 2011 12.5 9.9 84 2.6 10.9 26 3 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.2 9.60 6 750 2549 8.4 4.9 78 3.5 6.3 254 5 305.7 307.0 291.0 327.6 7.24 7 700 3115 4.2 -0.8 69 5.1 1.7 243 13 307.2 308.1 289.7 323.0 5.15 8 650 3714 -0.6 -5.9 67 5.4 -3.0 254 19 308.3 309.1 288.8 320.2 3.78 9 600 4348 -5.0 -8.5 76 3.5 -6.4 259 22 310.4 311.0 289.0 321.0 3.35 10 550 5027 -8.7 -10.6 86 1.9 -9.4 257 23 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.8 3.10 11 500 5759 -13.1 -15.9 79 2.8 -14.0 257 25 317.1 317.5 290.1 324.4 2.21 12 450 6554 -18.6 -23.2 68 4.5 -19.8 256 26 319.8 320.1 290.0 324.3 1.32 13 400 7420 -24.8 -29.1 67 4.3 -25.6 250 29 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.9 0.86 14 350 8375 -32.9 -37.0 67 4.1 -33.4 245 31 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.46 15 300 9437 -42.0 -46.3 63 4.2 -42.3 240 34 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.20 16 250 10643 -52.1 -55.3 68 3.2 -52.2 231 50 328.5 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 17 200 12076 -52.0 -68.6 12 16.6 -52.3 237 30 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 13962 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 203 23 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.01 19 100 16595 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 190 14 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.88 m Freezing level: 655.74 mb = 3644.78 m = 11957.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.06 mb = 3324.77 m = 10907.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.54 C = 77.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.48 mb = 1214.63 m = 3984.96 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 22.02 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.47 mb = 1953.16 m = 6407.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 26.09 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1750.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.31 mb = 1747.06 m = 5731.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.31 mb = 2218.69 m = 7279.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.31 mb = 11454.65 m = 37580.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1718.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.31 mb = 13948.27 m = 45761.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 48.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 26.73 Bulk Shear: 65.49 m/s