MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.81,-103.93 Latitude: 46.81 Longitude: -103.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 497 SFC 912 862 26.3 19.7 67 6.6 21.5 131 7 307.5 310.5 297.8 355.8 16.03 3 900 975 24.5 18.2 68 6.3 20.0 150 8 306.7 309.5 296.8 351.1 14.73 4 850 1473 20.0 16.4 80 3.6 17.5 182 11 307.1 309.8 296.4 349.2 13.96 5 800 1993 16.0 13.9 88 2.1 14.6 213 14 308.2 310.5 295.8 346.2 12.58 6 750 2540 13.9 7.1 63 6.9 9.7 245 19 311.7 313.3 293.8 337.8 8.46 7 700 3120 11.7 -4.3 32 16.0 3.7 270 22 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.2 3.98 8 650 3734 6.6 -9.1 32 15.6 -0.4 264 26 316.4 317.0 290.6 326.1 2.96 9 600 4383 0.7 -11.5 39 12.3 -4.3 252 29 317.0 317.5 290.5 325.6 2.64 10 550 5074 -4.5 -17.2 36 12.7 -8.9 224 32 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.8 1.81 11 500 5816 -10.1 -30.3 17 20.2 -14.8 216 33 320.8 320.9 289.6 323.0 0.62 12 450 6619 -15.6 -45.3 6 29.7 -19.8 231 37 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.15 13 400 7495 -21.9 -47.2 8 25.3 -24.9 236 31 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.14 14 350 8461 -29.9 -48.8 14 18.9 -31.6 240 26 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.13 15 300 9537 -39.1 -53.6 20 14.5 -39.9 247 24 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 16 250 10759 -48.9 -59.2 29 10.2 -49.3 251 21 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 12193 -56.9 -64.4 38 7.5 -57.1 212 15 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14037 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 232 16 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16627 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 194 16 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.72 m Freezing level: 593.05 mb = 4479.52 m = 14696.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.47 mb = 3664.26 m = 12021.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.08 mb = 1697.14 m = 5567.97 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 32.87 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2168.87 m = 7115.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.49 C K Index: 30.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2659.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.28 mb = 1915.61 m = 6284.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.28 mb = 3454.65 m = 11334.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.28 mb = 12787.49 m = 41953.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2607.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.28 mb = 15886.98 m = 52122.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.4 neg: -6.3 tot: 84.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 33.98 Bulk Shear: 78.27 m/s