MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F044.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F044.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: 44 hour RUC valid 11Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.25,-94.52 Latitude: 44.25 Longitude: -94.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 SFC 987 292 19.6 17.8 90 1.8 18.4 277 6 293.8 296.2 292.0 331.2 13.10 2 950 624 18.8 16.2 85 2.6 17.1 195 21 296.3 298.5 292.2 331.7 12.29 3 900 1088 16.9 14.6 86 2.3 15.4 192 28 298.9 301.1 292.5 333.0 11.69 4 850 1575 15.1 13.2 88 1.9 13.8 209 27 301.9 304.0 293.1 335.2 11.27 5 800 2088 13.0 12.3 96 0.6 12.6 224 26 305.0 307.1 294.0 338.8 11.33 6 750 2630 10.2 10.0 99 0.2 10.0 233 25 307.6 309.5 294.0 338.8 10.33 7 700 3201 6.9 6.7 98 0.2 6.8 240 24 310.1 311.8 293.6 337.1 8.82 8 650 3808 3.2 3.1 99 0.1 3.1 244 26 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.4 7.36 9 600 4452 -1.3 -1.5 99 0.2 -1.4 252 27 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.6 5.71 10 550 5140 -5.9 -6.4 97 0.4 -6.1 262 29 317.0 317.9 292.0 330.9 4.32 11 500 5881 -10.3 -11.1 94 0.8 -10.6 270 30 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.3 3.28 12 450 6685 -15.0 -16.4 89 1.3 -15.5 276 26 324.4 324.8 292.4 332.4 2.37 13 400 7566 -20.6 -22.7 83 2.1 -21.1 278 23 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.7 1.55 14 350 8539 -27.7 -30.7 76 2.9 -28.3 277 24 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.85 15 300 9626 -36.7 -39.9 72 3.2 -37.1 274 25 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10858 -47.6 -50.5 72 2.9 -47.7 274 24 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.15 17 200 12289 -60.1 -62.4 74 2.3 -60.2 274 19 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.04 18 150 14099 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 273 18 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16664 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 222 7 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.49 m Freezing level: 614.86 mb = 4260.56 m = 13978.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.81 mb = 4242.74 m = 13919.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.82 mb = 516.42 m = 1694.26 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1880.06 m = 6168.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.09 mb = 1049.03 m = 3441.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.09 mb = 4732.60 m = 15526.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.09 mb = 6206.84 m = 20363.39 ft B at Equ Level: 30.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 409.09 mb = 7397.51 m = 24269.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 35.13 m/s