MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.12,-104.37 Latitude: 45.12 Longitude: -104.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 510 2 900 994 SFC 894 1052 30.3 11.2 31 19.2 17.7 125 16 313.4 315.1 294.9 342.4 9.36 4 850 1500 25.1 9.9 38 15.1 15.3 125 20 312.4 314.1 294.4 340.5 9.07 5 800 2027 20.0 9.0 49 11.1 13.0 129 19 312.5 314.2 294.4 340.4 9.02 6 750 2579 15.4 7.0 57 8.5 10.2 145 14 313.3 314.9 294.2 339.4 8.40 7 700 3160 11.2 2.1 54 9.1 6.1 191 9 314.9 316.1 293.0 334.9 6.37 8 650 3773 6.1 -2.3 55 8.3 1.8 244 11 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.7 4.98 9 600 4423 0.5 -5.7 63 6.2 -2.4 260 18 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.1 4.17 10 550 5114 -5.2 -10.5 66 5.4 -7.4 266 26 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.2 3.12 11 500 5853 -11.1 -16.0 67 4.9 -12.8 271 32 319.5 319.9 290.8 326.8 2.19 12 450 6653 -16.9 -24.1 54 7.2 -18.7 272 32 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.2 1.21 13 400 7526 -22.4 -36.8 26 14.4 -24.7 277 29 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.41 14 350 8493 -29.4 -38.7 40 9.3 -30.6 277 33 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.6 0.38 15 300 9573 -38.1 -43.9 55 5.7 -38.6 276 42 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.26 16 250 10799 -48.3 -52.6 61 4.3 -48.5 277 48 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12244 -54.0 -66.2 21 12.2 -54.2 275 52 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14081 -54.9 -81.7 2 26.8 -55.3 246 24 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16646 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 180 11 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.88 m Freezing level: 595.82 mb = 4480.31 m = 14699.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.93 mb = 4040.52 m = 13256.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.28 mb = 3445.46 m = 11303.87 ft T: 8.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.90 mb = 3774.46 m = 12383.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 37.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1164.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.78 mb = 3414.84 m = 11203.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.78 mb = 4107.18 m = 13474.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.78 mb = 11516.09 m = 37781.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1160.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.78 mb = 14348.82 m = 47075.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 155.43 m/s