MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 52.03,-115.38 Latitude: 52.03 Longitude: -115.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 532 2 900 1013 SFC 853 1484 23.2 7.0 35 16.2 13.3 150 6 310.2 311.6 292.5 332.9 7.38 4 850 1516 24.5 5.0 28 19.5 12.9 161 11 311.8 313.0 292.2 331.8 6.43 5 800 2042 20.1 2.0 30 18.1 9.8 169 14 312.5 313.6 291.7 329.8 5.52 6 750 2593 15.1 0.6 37 14.4 7.1 186 11 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.7 5.34 7 700 3171 9.7 -0.4 49 10.1 4.3 216 8 313.2 314.2 291.7 329.9 5.32 8 650 3779 3.5 -1.1 72 4.6 1.1 242 8 313.0 314.0 291.7 330.0 5.44 9 600 4423 -2.2 -3.1 93 1.0 -2.6 256 8 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.6 5.07 10 550 5108 -7.1 -7.7 96 0.6 -7.4 263 9 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.2 3.91 11 500 5844 -12.4 -14.1 88 1.6 -13.0 257 7 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.4 2.57 12 450 6638 -18.6 -22.4 71 3.9 -19.6 232 6 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.7 1.40 13 400 7505 -25.1 -34.9 40 9.8 -26.6 243 10 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.1 0.49 14 350 8460 -32.3 -46.0 25 13.6 -33.5 267 20 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.18 15 300 9527 -40.3 -52.1 27 11.8 -41.0 272 34 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 16 250 10745 -49.5 -57.6 38 8.1 -49.8 273 47 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 17 200 12195 -50.6 -74.1 4 23.6 -51.0 261 26 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14064 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 271 21 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 306 15 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.66 m Freezing level: 618.98 mb = 4178.52 m = 13708.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.89 mb = 3968.48 m = 13019.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.76 mb = 3521.20 m = 11552.36 ft T: 6.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 3.18 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.23 mb = 4326.53 m = 14194.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.60 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.92 C Cross Totals Index: 17.42 C K Index: 31.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 279.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 616.52 mb = 4204.40 m = 13793.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.52 mb = 4669.10 m = 15318.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.52 mb = 9718.82 m = 31885.51 ft B at Equ Level: 279.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.52 mb = 11530.74 m = 37830.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 17.89 Bulk Shear: 15.65 m/s