MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.16,-93.97 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 361 18.9 17.4 91 1.5 17.9 146 5 293.8 296.1 291.9 330.6 12.87 2 950 624 20.6 16.0 75 4.6 17.5 173 25 298.1 300.3 292.6 333.2 12.10 3 900 1091 19.2 12.0 63 7.2 14.7 186 27 301.3 303.1 291.8 330.4 9.86 4 850 1581 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.4 219 22 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.2 11.04 5 800 2097 14.2 11.0 81 3.2 12.2 229 20 306.3 308.2 293.7 337.6 10.40 6 750 2640 10.8 7.4 80 3.4 8.7 233 19 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.5 8.63 7 700 3212 7.1 5.3 89 1.8 6.1 235 19 310.4 311.9 293.0 335.0 8.03 8 650 3819 3.7 2.8 94 0.9 3.2 238 25 313.2 314.5 293.2 335.7 7.21 9 600 4464 -0.8 -1.7 94 0.9 -1.3 250 24 315.2 316.2 292.5 332.9 5.62 10 550 5153 -5.8 -9.4 76 3.6 -7.3 268 20 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.3 3.42 11 500 5893 -10.4 -15.8 64 5.4 -12.3 279 21 320.4 320.8 291.1 327.8 2.23 12 450 6697 -14.9 -20.8 61 5.9 -16.6 283 21 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.1 1.63 13 400 7578 -20.7 -29.9 43 9.3 -22.6 294 20 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.0 0.80 14 350 8550 -27.9 -42.1 24 14.2 -29.6 287 18 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.27 15 300 9636 -36.9 -52.3 19 15.4 -37.9 295 17 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 16 250 10867 -47.8 -57.2 33 9.5 -48.1 338 12 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.07 17 200 12299 -59.7 -65.0 50 5.3 -59.8 298 15 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 18 150 14106 -55.2 -81.9 2 26.8 -55.5 287 15 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16660 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 227 5 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.51 m Freezing level: 609.19 mb = 4345.70 m = 14257.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.72 mb = 4268.96 m = 14005.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.70 mb = 553.72 m = 1816.64 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.40 mb = 2546.36 m = 8354.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 38.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 333.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.18 mb = 1489.18 m = 4885.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 554.18 mb = 5093.38 m = 16710.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.18 mb = 5982.71 m = 19628.07 ft B at Equ Level: 30.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.18 mb = 7139.10 m = 23421.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 64.05 m/s