MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F051.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 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.00,-97.36 Latitude: 46.00 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 973 377 20.2 19.7 97 0.5 19.8 159 6 295.6 298.3 294.0 338.7 14.98 2 950 586 19.0 18.8 99 0.1 18.9 163 17 296.4 299.1 293.9 338.4 14.56 3 900 1050 17.1 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 174 25 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.9 13.62 4 850 1538 15.0 14.8 99 0.2 14.8 179 30 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.7 12.52 5 800 2051 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 193 30 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.3 11.53 6 750 2592 9.8 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 211 30 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.3 9.93 7 700 3162 6.2 6.0 98 0.3 6.1 224 32 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.1 8.39 8 650 3766 2.0 1.8 99 0.1 1.9 233 33 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.1 6.74 9 600 4408 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.2 -2.1 238 32 313.9 314.9 292.0 331.0 5.44 10 550 5095 -5.7 -6.2 96 0.6 -5.9 247 28 317.4 318.2 292.1 331.5 4.37 11 500 5838 -9.2 -10.2 92 1.0 -9.6 258 23 321.9 322.5 292.7 333.5 3.53 12 450 6647 -13.5 -14.7 91 1.2 -13.9 257 21 326.3 326.8 293.2 335.5 2.72 13 400 7533 -19.5 -21.2 86 1.8 -20.0 250 22 329.7 330.1 293.3 335.9 1.76 14 350 8511 -26.5 -29.1 79 2.6 -27.1 255 21 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.6 0.98 15 300 9604 -35.3 -38.3 74 3.0 -35.7 261 20 335.6 335.6 293.7 337.3 0.47 16 250 10843 -46.4 -49.9 68 3.4 -46.6 255 23 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12279 -59.9 -63.3 64 3.4 -60.0 247 33 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 18 150 14087 -50.6 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 269 7 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16664 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 195 7 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.17 m Freezing level: 624.78 mb = 4089.45 m = 13416.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.22 mb = 4064.55 m = 13334.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.97 mb = 441.17 m = 1447.38 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.31 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 902.45 m = 2960.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.80 C = 73.04 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 450.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.87 mb = 862.70 m = 2830.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.87 mb = 2427.48 m = 7964.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.87 mb = 12442.27 m = 40820.60 ft B at Equ Level: 420.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.87 mb = 13492.91 m = 44267.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 287.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 6.48 Bulk Shear: 69.55 m/s