MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 4Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.46,-94.91 Latitude: 43.46 Longitude: -94.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 970 425 17.7 15.7 88 2.1 16.4 146 3 293.4 295.5 290.7 326.5 11.62 2 950 607 19.0 14.3 74 4.8 16.0 165 12 296.5 298.4 291.0 327.7 10.81 3 900 1069 15.3 11.9 80 3.4 13.1 167 15 297.3 299.0 290.5 325.6 9.76 4 850 1551 11.8 8.2 78 3.6 9.7 171 16 298.5 300.0 289.4 322.1 8.05 5 800 2058 10.8 5.2 68 5.7 7.6 209 9 302.7 304.0 289.8 323.4 6.93 6 750 2594 8.5 5.1 79 3.4 6.5 202 6 305.8 307.1 291.2 328.0 7.35 7 700 3162 4.9 3.8 92 1.1 4.3 208 6 307.9 309.3 291.7 329.9 7.20 8 650 3762 0.9 -2.3 79 3.2 -0.7 248 10 310.0 310.9 290.4 325.4 4.97 9 600 4402 -2.3 -15.8 35 13.5 -7.1 290 11 313.5 313.9 288.6 319.6 1.86 10 550 5087 -6.7 -12.1 66 5.4 -8.8 308 12 316.1 316.6 290.3 325.1 2.75 11 500 5825 -11.1 -14.0 79 2.9 -12.2 314 11 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.1 2.58 12 450 6627 -15.0 -22.8 52 7.7 -17.2 301 11 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.1 1.36 13 400 7509 -19.9 -32.6 31 12.7 -22.4 280 9 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.62 14 350 8484 -27.3 -39.4 31 12.1 -29.0 282 12 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.36 15 300 9574 -36.2 -51.0 20 14.7 -37.2 272 15 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 16 250 10806 -47.7 -54.5 45 6.8 -48.0 251 17 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.09 17 200 12242 -54.7 -65.2 26 10.5 -54.9 270 20 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14102 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 305 21 376.9 376.9 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16657 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 327 12 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.28 m Freezing level: 635.89 mb = 3943.00 m = 12936.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.86 mb = 3677.36 m = 12064.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.22 mb = 686.33 m = 2251.72 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 5.59 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.12 mb = 2108.60 m = 6917.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 2.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 30.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6917.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.56 mb = 1359.16 m = 4459.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.6 neg: -8.1 tot: 49.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 24.65 m/s