MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 1Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 47.9,-97.26 Latitude: 47.90 Longitude: -97.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 984 272 25.2 16.4 58 8.8 19.2 87 2 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.9 11.99 2 950 578 25.2 11.2 42 13.9 16.3 258 2 302.7 304.3 291.5 329.0 8.85 3 900 1049 21.4 9.4 46 12.1 14.0 293 4 303.6 305.1 291.2 328.2 8.23 4 850 1541 17.2 7.7 54 9.5 11.5 314 7 304.2 305.6 291.0 327.5 7.77 5 800 2054 12.5 6.1 65 6.4 8.8 327 9 304.4 305.8 290.7 326.6 7.38 6 750 2591 7.4 4.1 80 3.2 5.6 336 12 304.6 305.9 290.4 325.4 6.88 7 700 3154 2.2 1.6 96 0.6 1.9 343 15 304.9 306.0 289.8 323.5 6.14 8 650 3749 -0.8 -4.2 77 3.4 -2.4 348 19 308.1 308.9 289.2 321.5 4.31 9 600 4385 -4.5 -7.4 80 2.9 -5.8 346 19 310.9 311.6 289.5 322.5 3.66 10 550 5064 -8.7 -13.7 67 5.1 -10.5 346 22 313.8 314.3 289.3 321.7 2.41 11 500 5798 -12.6 -21.8 46 9.2 -15.2 352 27 317.7 318.0 289.5 322.3 1.33 12 450 6593 -18.0 -23.4 62 5.5 -19.4 349 32 320.6 320.9 290.3 325.1 1.29 13 400 7462 -24.2 -37.2 29 13.0 -26.1 358 34 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.39 14 350 8424 -29.5 -49.9 12 20.4 -31.3 8 39 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.4 0.11 15 300 9504 -38.1 -54.8 16 16.7 -39.0 20 38 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 16 250 10733 -47.3 -60.5 21 13.2 -47.7 19 40 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.04 17 200 12178 -55.9 -67.4 22 11.6 -56.1 5 30 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13998 -56.2 -82.4 2 26.3 -56.5 327 39 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16552 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 333 31 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.57 m Freezing level: 663.00 mb = 3594.42 m = 11792.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.04 mb = 3409.71 m = 11186.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.35 mb = 1396.62 m = 4582.04 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 13.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.69 mb = 2494.77 m = 8184.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.94 mb = 2264.91 m = 7430.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.94 mb = 2756.08 m = 9042.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.94 mb = 7927.79 m = 26009.48 ft B at Equ Level: 274.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.94 mb = 10600.75 m = 34778.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.5 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 13.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.07 Bulk Shear: 30.56 m/s