MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.56,-96.88 Latitude: 47.56 Longitude: -96.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 986 262 17.9 17.0 94 0.9 17.3 143 9 292.2 294.4 291.0 327.3 12.42 2 950 586 15.8 15.6 99 0.2 15.7 153 20 293.2 295.3 290.8 326.8 11.80 3 900 1045 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.9 176 23 296.9 299.1 292.0 331.3 11.88 4 850 1529 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 182 19 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.3 11.09 5 800 2038 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.5 177 14 302.5 304.4 292.3 332.1 9.98 6 750 2574 7.9 7.2 95 0.7 7.5 176 12 305.2 306.8 292.0 330.9 8.55 7 700 3141 4.5 3.9 95 0.7 4.2 177 9 307.5 308.9 291.6 329.6 7.23 8 650 3742 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 175 6 310.1 311.2 291.5 329.2 6.19 9 600 4382 -2.5 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 176 4 313.2 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.12 10 550 5067 -6.7 -8.2 90 1.4 -7.4 189 2 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.2 3.76 11 500 5805 -11.5 -16.2 68 4.7 -13.1 257 1 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.3 2.16 12 450 6605 -16.2 -29.0 32 12.7 -19.1 316 5 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.6 0.77 13 400 7479 -22.7 -41.0 17 18.2 -25.2 323 11 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.27 14 350 8443 -30.2 -38.8 43 8.6 -31.3 315 21 328.1 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.38 15 300 9521 -37.9 -43.4 56 5.5 -38.4 302 26 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 16 250 10751 -47.4 -54.2 46 6.8 -47.7 280 32 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12189 -56.0 -62.4 45 6.4 -56.1 287 22 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14040 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 305 15 378.9 378.9 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16618 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 330 12 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.25 m Freezing level: 636.23 mb = 3917.86 m = 12853.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.66 mb = 3882.34 m = 12737.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.60 mb = 374.96 m = 1230.16 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1059.75 m = 3476.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.69 C = 72.85 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6784.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.33 mb = 754.24 m = 2474.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.2 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 205.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.5 neg: -12.8 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 9.71 m/s