MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.52,-100.98 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -100.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 513 SFC 939 622 34.8 18.2 38 16.6 22.9 175 19 313.6 316.3 298.2 357.4 14.18 3 900 998 29.1 16.2 46 12.9 20.1 171 22 311.5 313.9 296.9 351.3 12.98 4 850 1503 24.2 15.2 57 9.0 17.9 178 23 311.5 313.9 296.8 350.9 12.86 5 800 2030 19.3 13.7 70 5.6 15.5 186 24 311.7 314.1 296.6 349.8 12.40 6 750 2582 15.0 10.5 75 4.4 12.1 198 23 312.8 314.9 295.7 345.9 10.73 7 700 3163 11.0 5.4 69 5.6 7.6 228 20 314.7 316.2 294.3 340.0 8.09 8 650 3778 8.1 -7.2 33 15.3 0.8 256 23 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.3 3.42 9 600 4433 3.6 -18.2 19 21.7 -4.4 255 26 320.2 320.5 290.4 325.4 1.52 10 550 5130 -2.5 -20.2 24 17.7 -8.5 245 27 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.8 1.39 11 500 5876 -9.2 -22.7 33 13.5 -13.2 242 31 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.0 1.23 12 450 6680 -16.1 -26.9 39 10.9 -18.7 248 31 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.94 13 400 7554 -22.4 -32.4 40 10.1 -24.2 258 28 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.63 14 350 8522 -28.5 -50.7 10 22.3 -30.4 270 24 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 15 300 9604 -37.9 -48.1 33 10.2 -38.7 278 28 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 16 250 10831 -48.4 -56.3 40 7.8 -48.7 289 26 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12264 -57.3 -63.5 45 6.2 -57.4 268 24 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 14093 -54.4 -81.6 2 27.2 -54.8 267 24 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16651 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 205 8 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.27 m Freezing level: 570.84 mb = 4839.25 m = 15876.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.03 mb = 3878.98 m = 12726.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.20 C = 91.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.57 mb = 2699.75 m = 8857.35 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 31.97 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.78 mb = 2858.18 m = 9377.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.92 C = 94.85 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -7.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 43.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2852.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.54 mb = 2643.43 m = 8672.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.54 mb = 3168.15 m = 10394.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.54 mb = 12950.61 m = 42488.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2826.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 47.89 Bulk Shear: 59.56 m/s