MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 22Z 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 110 1 950 542 2 900 1013 SFC 892 1088 20.8 13.4 63 7.4 15.9 304 6 303.7 305.7 293.3 336.0 10.88 4 850 1504 16.8 10.6 67 6.2 12.9 299 5 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.1 9.50 5 800 2018 12.7 5.8 63 6.9 8.7 283 5 304.7 306.0 290.7 326.6 7.25 6 750 2555 7.9 1.1 62 6.8 4.3 263 9 305.2 306.2 289.3 322.0 5.53 7 700 3119 2.3 -1.3 77 3.6 0.5 253 11 305.0 306.0 288.8 320.2 4.97 8 650 3712 -2.7 -4.6 87 1.9 -3.6 244 13 305.9 306.7 288.3 318.9 4.19 9 600 4342 -6.6 -7.9 90 1.3 -7.2 235 14 308.5 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.50 10 550 5018 -10.2 -11.5 91 1.3 -10.7 231 15 312.0 312.5 289.1 321.2 2.89 11 500 5746 -14.5 -15.6 91 1.1 -14.9 233 14 315.3 315.8 289.6 322.8 2.26 12 450 6535 -20.2 -22.4 83 2.2 -20.8 234 18 317.8 318.1 289.5 322.6 1.41 13 400 7396 -26.6 -30.0 73 3.4 -27.2 237 20 320.4 320.5 289.7 323.2 0.79 14 350 8344 -34.5 -37.3 76 2.8 -34.8 240 22 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.44 15 300 9400 -43.4 -47.3 65 3.9 -43.6 242 26 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.18 16 250 10602 -51.1 -59.4 37 8.2 -51.4 231 35 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.05 17 200 12056 -49.1 -68.9 8 19.9 -49.6 212 26 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 18 150 13958 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.4 -47.7 196 23 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.01 19 100 16593 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.3 172 17 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.31 m Freezing level: 676.92 mb = 3392.74 m = 11130.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.33 mb = 3195.44 m = 10483.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.72 % Est. max temperature: 22.20 C = 71.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.79 mb = 2019.79 m = 6626.52 ft T: 12.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 17.19 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.07 mb = 2543.15 m = 8343.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.20 C = 71.97 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.33 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 38.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1103.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.80 mb = 2414.18 m = 7920.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.80 mb = 2689.12 m = 8822.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.80 mb = 10659.89 m = 34972.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1095.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.80 mb = 12834.02 m = 42105.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 73.16 Bulk Shear: 15.08 m/s