MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.50,-114.13 Latitude: 51.50 Longitude: -114.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 533 2 900 1005 SFC 891 1090 22.1 12.5 55 9.6 15.8 356 2 305.1 307.0 293.3 335.8 10.25 4 850 1497 17.3 9.9 62 7.4 12.7 327 3 304.2 305.9 292.0 331.3 9.05 5 800 2011 12.7 7.3 70 5.4 9.5 304 3 304.6 306.1 291.3 328.7 8.02 6 750 2549 8.2 2.4 67 5.8 5.1 277 7 305.5 306.6 290.0 324.0 6.08 7 700 3114 3.4 -1.6 70 5.0 0.9 268 11 306.3 307.2 289.1 321.2 4.86 8 650 3709 -1.4 -6.3 69 4.9 -3.6 258 14 307.4 308.1 288.3 318.9 3.67 9 600 4341 -6.6 -9.8 78 3.2 -7.8 246 14 308.5 309.1 288.1 318.1 3.03 10 550 5015 -10.9 -14.9 73 4.0 -12.2 235 14 311.1 311.6 288.2 318.2 2.19 11 500 5741 -15.2 -20.7 63 5.5 -16.7 231 15 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.5 1.48 12 450 6529 -20.6 -26.1 61 5.5 -21.8 228 18 317.3 317.5 289.0 320.8 1.01 13 400 7388 -26.9 -32.1 61 5.2 -27.8 233 21 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.65 14 350 8336 -34.4 -40.8 52 6.4 -35.0 236 25 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.31 15 300 9393 -43.2 -49.5 50 6.3 -43.5 234 25 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.14 16 250 10597 -50.4 -60.2 30 9.8 -50.7 225 33 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.05 17 200 12054 -48.8 -68.1 9 19.3 -49.3 206 27 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 18 150 13958 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.6 192 23 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.01 19 100 16596 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.3 169 17 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.07 m Freezing level: 664.40 mb = 3537.85 m = 11606.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.65 mb = 3233.37 m = 10608.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.01 % Est. max temperature: 22.59 C = 72.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.48 mb = 2291.64 m = 7518.40 ft T: 10.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 17.74 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.63 mb = 2607.42 m = 8554.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.53 C = 72.56 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.44 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 37.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1119.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.64 mb = 2486.12 m = 8156.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.64 mb = 2762.74 m = 9063.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.64 mb = 10579.83 m = 34710.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1111.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.64 mb = 12727.71 m = 41757.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -4.8 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 54.19 Bulk Shear: 20.65 m/s