MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508262100F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508262100F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 16Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 43.86,-93.91 Latitude: 43.86 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 983 315 17.5 16.1 92 1.4 16.6 194 7 292.0 294.1 290.4 325.5 11.81 2 950 612 15.4 14.8 96 0.6 15.0 206 16 292.8 294.8 290.2 324.7 11.22 3 900 1070 13.6 12.6 94 1.0 13.0 234 22 295.5 297.4 290.3 325.0 10.23 4 850 1551 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.6 264 21 298.9 300.7 291.1 327.9 9.92 5 800 2058 9.4 9.2 99 0.2 9.3 277 18 301.2 302.9 291.2 328.3 9.18 6 750 2591 6.1 5.7 97 0.5 5.9 276 20 303.2 304.7 290.6 326.2 7.67 7 700 3154 3.3 2.1 92 1.2 2.6 276 19 306.1 307.3 290.4 325.5 6.37 8 650 3751 -0.6 -2.8 85 2.2 -1.7 281 18 308.3 309.2 289.7 323.1 4.79 9 600 4386 -4.8 -9.2 71 4.4 -6.5 291 20 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.7 3.19 10 550 5065 -9.5 -15.9 59 6.5 -11.6 296 22 312.8 313.2 288.5 319.4 2.01 11 500 5794 -14.8 -23.0 50 8.1 -16.9 297 25 315.0 315.2 288.4 319.0 1.21 12 450 6581 -20.4 -34.5 27 14.1 -22.8 293 28 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.2 0.46 13 400 7441 -26.9 -41.2 24 14.3 -28.6 297 32 320.0 320.1 289.0 321.0 0.26 14 350 8388 -34.2 -49.2 20 15.0 -35.3 303 47 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.12 15 300 9450 -41.5 -54.4 23 12.9 -42.1 301 69 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.08 16 250 10666 -48.3 -61.4 21 13.1 -48.7 303 82 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 17 200 12123 -51.0 -69.5 9 18.5 -51.4 311 69 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 13981 -54.4 -82.9 2 28.5 -54.8 312 53 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16536 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 316 35 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.86 m Freezing level: 657.52 mb = 3661.42 m = 12012.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.63 mb = 3511.50 m = 11520.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.10 C = 77.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.02 mb = 486.54 m = 1596.23 ft T: 16.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.30 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1120.96 m = 3677.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.32 C = 70.37 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 26.09 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.53 mb = 878.68 m = 2882.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.53 mb = 4183.58 m = 13725.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 335.53 mb = 8679.13 m = 28474.48 ft B at Equ Level: 139.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.53 mb = 10263.61 m = 33672.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 151.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.63 Bulk Shear: 54.36 m/s