MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.42,-103.99 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -103.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 577 2 900 1049 SFC 861 1429 17.6 16.1 91 1.4 16.6 88 7 303.4 305.9 295.2 343.6 13.52 4 850 1542 17.9 15.3 85 2.6 16.1 100 15 304.9 307.3 295.1 343.5 12.95 5 800 2060 15.6 11.3 75 4.3 12.9 134 15 307.8 309.8 294.3 339.8 10.58 6 750 2606 12.5 8.8 78 3.7 10.2 190 11 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.3 9.53 7 700 3182 8.1 6.1 87 2.0 6.9 237 13 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.5 8.46 8 650 3789 3.5 1.3 85 2.2 2.3 268 19 312.9 314.2 292.6 333.2 6.49 9 600 4434 -0.8 -5.0 73 4.1 -2.8 278 24 315.1 316.0 291.5 329.2 4.40 10 550 5123 -5.1 -9.2 73 4.1 -6.8 274 22 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.4 3.47 11 500 5866 -9.6 -14.1 69 4.6 -11.3 272 18 321.4 321.9 291.7 329.9 2.56 12 450 6671 -15.2 -22.1 56 6.9 -17.1 270 17 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.1 1.45 13 400 7550 -21.0 -35.8 25 14.9 -23.5 258 16 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.4 0.45 14 350 8524 -26.9 -54.8 5 27.8 -29.3 271 27 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 15 300 9617 -34.6 -51.9 16 17.3 -35.8 280 52 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.11 16 250 10865 -43.9 -53.8 33 9.9 -44.4 283 63 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.10 17 200 12328 -52.6 -69.6 11 17.0 -52.9 275 53 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14158 -58.7 -81.5 4 22.7 -59.0 286 31 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16659 -64.9 -86.8 3 21.9 -65.1 307 17 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.75 m Freezing level: 609.63 mb = 4309.70 m = 14139.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.39 mb = 4074.24 m = 13366.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.21 mb = 1611.04 m = 5285.51 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 14.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.93 mb = 2809.60 m = 9217.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.93 mb = 2395.45 m = 7859.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.93 mb = 3253.11 m = 10672.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.93 mb = 10493.88 m = 34428.32 ft B at Equ Level: 692.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.93 mb = 13593.70 m = 44598.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 5.74 Bulk Shear: 120.82 m/s