MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F034.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F034.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: 34 hour RUC valid 1Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.78,-102.37 Latitude: 45.78 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 534 SFC 926 756 25.5 21.9 81 3.6 22.9 339 9 305.2 308.6 298.6 359.6 18.15 3 900 1012 24.1 20.3 80 3.7 21.3 339 10 306.3 309.5 298.1 357.1 16.91 4 850 1511 20.5 17.5 83 3.0 18.4 320 11 307.7 310.5 297.3 352.8 14.97 5 800 2033 16.8 13.3 80 3.5 14.5 303 15 309.1 311.4 295.7 345.9 12.12 6 750 2580 13.1 7.5 69 5.6 9.7 287 18 310.8 312.4 293.7 337.6 8.71 7 700 3156 9.3 1.1 57 8.2 4.8 268 24 312.7 313.9 292.0 331.3 5.93 8 650 3767 5.2 -5.9 44 11.2 -0.1 257 33 314.9 315.6 290.9 327.0 3.78 9 600 4414 0.6 -16.4 27 17.0 -5.6 255 36 316.8 317.2 289.6 322.8 1.77 10 550 5105 -4.4 -27.1 15 22.7 -10.5 255 37 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.6 0.76 11 500 5847 -9.6 -30.9 16 21.3 -14.6 257 38 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.58 12 450 6652 -15.3 -29.2 29 13.9 -18.4 262 39 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.7 0.76 13 400 7530 -21.3 -35.5 27 14.2 -23.8 265 37 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.46 14 350 8501 -28.3 -47.9 13 19.7 -30.2 269 32 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.14 15 300 9584 -37.5 -50.4 25 12.9 -38.4 275 30 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10814 -47.8 -56.7 35 8.9 -48.1 274 31 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.07 17 200 12252 -56.5 -63.3 42 6.8 -56.7 276 32 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14076 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 273 24 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16651 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 206 5 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.75 m Freezing level: 593.72 mb = 4500.85 m = 14766.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.70 mb = 3757.73 m = 12328.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.40 mb = 1213.87 m = 3982.46 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 38.04 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1901.25 m = 6237.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -8.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.15 C Cross Totals Index: 27.11 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3400.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.49 mb = 1679.62 m = 5510.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.49 mb = 2155.68 m = 7072.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.49 mb = 12973.65 m = 42563.97 ft B at Equ Level: 3386.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 37.30 Bulk Shear: 91.19 m/s