MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F043.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F043.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: 43 hour RUC valid 22Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.4,-102.35 Latitude: 45.40 Longitude: -102.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 524 SFC 921 796 24.9 22.4 86 2.6 23.0 74 11 305.2 308.7 299.0 361.5 18.80 3 900 1000 23.0 20.7 87 2.4 21.3 93 12 305.2 308.4 298.1 357.0 17.29 4 850 1498 20.5 18.4 88 2.1 19.0 137 15 307.6 310.6 297.8 355.4 15.82 5 800 2021 17.8 15.4 86 2.4 16.1 177 16 310.1 312.7 297.2 352.5 13.90 6 750 2572 14.5 10.9 79 3.6 12.1 228 16 312.3 314.4 295.8 346.3 11.01 7 700 3152 11.1 2.8 57 8.3 6.3 263 22 314.8 316.1 293.3 336.0 6.72 8 650 3766 6.7 -5.8 40 12.6 0.7 266 26 316.6 317.3 291.4 328.9 3.81 9 600 4416 1.2 -11.5 38 12.8 -4.1 257 29 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.2 2.63 10 550 5107 -4.6 -15.5 42 10.9 -8.5 246 34 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.6 2.09 11 500 5848 -10.8 -16.9 61 6.1 -12.9 240 37 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.6 2.03 12 450 6649 -16.4 -19.4 77 3.0 -17.3 245 34 322.7 323.0 291.4 328.9 1.83 13 400 7527 -21.1 -24.8 72 3.7 -22.0 248 31 327.6 327.8 292.3 332.1 1.28 14 350 8499 -28.0 -33.4 60 5.4 -28.9 251 29 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.5 0.65 15 300 9586 -36.6 -44.0 46 7.4 -37.3 254 28 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.26 16 250 10819 -47.0 -55.7 36 8.7 -47.3 254 14 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.08 17 200 12259 -57.7 -63.6 47 5.8 -57.8 263 8 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 14071 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 260 26 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16645 -58.4 -85.9 2 27.4 -58.8 202 9 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.27 m Freezing level: 589.46 mb = 4561.98 m = 14966.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.00 mb = 3854.02 m = 12644.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.62 mb = 1120.93 m = 3677.53 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 35.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.64 mb = 1950.09 m = 6397.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -10.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -9.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 29.20 C K Index: 41.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 665.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3579.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.94 mb = 1580.32 m = 5184.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.94 mb = 2493.34 m = 8180.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.94 mb = 13396.67 m = 43951.80 ft B at Equ Level: 3509.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.43 Bulk Rich Number: 20.40 Bulk Shear: 175.46 m/s