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: 49.28,-100.01 Latitude: 49.28 Longitude: -100.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 958 498 25.0 19.3 70 5.8 21.0 150 9 301.8 304.5 295.6 345.5 14.83 2 950 575 23.5 18.2 72 5.3 19.9 150 9 301.1 303.6 294.8 342.2 14.01 3 900 1044 19.3 16.2 82 3.1 17.2 156 12 301.4 303.8 294.2 339.6 12.99 4 850 1534 15.8 13.2 84 2.7 14.1 164 13 302.7 304.8 293.3 336.1 11.25 5 800 2046 12.2 10.2 88 2.0 11.0 173 9 304.1 306.0 292.7 333.5 9.83 6 750 2585 9.2 5.2 76 4.0 6.9 199 4 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.1 7.41 7 700 3155 6.6 -3.2 49 9.8 1.7 164 2 309.8 310.6 289.8 323.2 4.30 8 650 3758 2.2 -7.2 50 9.4 -2.0 181 3 311.5 312.2 289.5 322.4 3.43 9 600 4400 -1.7 -6.6 69 4.9 -4.0 242 14 314.1 314.9 290.7 326.5 3.88 10 550 5088 -5.3 -7.8 83 2.5 -6.4 245 28 317.8 318.5 291.8 330.3 3.87 11 500 5830 -10.3 -12.6 83 2.3 -11.1 246 26 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.2 2.91 12 450 6633 -15.8 -18.9 77 3.1 -16.8 246 16 323.3 323.7 291.6 329.8 1.90 13 400 7509 -22.2 -25.5 75 3.3 -23.0 250 15 326.1 326.3 291.8 330.3 1.20 14 350 8475 -29.9 -32.4 79 2.5 -30.3 261 20 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.72 15 300 9552 -39.2 -42.2 73 3.0 -39.5 291 21 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.3 0.31 16 250 10771 -49.7 -54.6 56 4.9 -49.9 289 23 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.09 17 200 12193 -58.2 -64.9 42 6.7 -58.3 287 16 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.03 18 150 14040 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 221 12 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16638 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 188 10 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.50 m Freezing level: 621.75 mb = 4120.49 m = 13518.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.72 mb = 3430.19 m = 11253.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.20 mb = 1225.10 m = 4019.32 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 23.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.89 mb = 1614.87 m = 5298.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1341.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.13 mb = 1442.37 m = 4732.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.13 mb = 1795.22 m = 5889.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.13 mb = 12062.94 m = 39576.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.13 mb = 14295.94 m = 46902.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -22.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -20.8 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 51.23 Bulk Shear: 26.18 m/s