MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506040000F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506040000F004.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 4Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 41.84,-87.9 Latitude: 41.84 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 986 206 22.3 16.0 67 6.4 18.1 216 11 296.6 298.7 291.8 330.2 11.63 2 950 535 23.0 15.5 63 7.5 17.9 212 38 300.5 302.6 293.0 334.8 11.70 3 900 1004 20.0 14.0 69 5.9 16.1 215 48 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.4 11.27 4 850 1495 15.9 12.3 79 3.7 13.6 217 51 302.9 304.8 292.9 334.4 10.62 5 800 2008 12.7 11.2 91 1.5 11.7 222 46 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.1 10.51 6 750 2548 9.8 8.3 90 1.5 8.9 215 39 307.2 309.0 293.1 335.1 9.19 7 700 3118 6.2 3.2 81 2.9 4.5 207 38 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.5 6.91 8 650 3722 2.8 -1.1 76 3.8 0.8 216 40 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.2 5.45 9 600 4367 -0.0 -5.6 66 5.6 -2.6 217 44 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.6 4.21 10 550 5060 -3.4 -16.6 35 13.2 -8.2 214 51 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.4 1.90 11 500 5807 -8.0 -31.8 13 23.8 -13.6 213 54 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.3 0.54 12 450 6616 -13.0 -32.7 17 19.7 -17.3 218 53 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.54 13 400 7504 -17.9 -26.7 46 8.8 -20.1 228 52 331.7 332.0 293.2 335.6 1.08 14 350 8489 -24.3 -33.1 44 8.7 -26.0 224 51 335.9 336.1 293.9 338.5 0.67 15 300 9593 -33.0 -43.3 35 10.4 -34.1 216 54 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.28 16 250 10845 -43.8 -47.2 69 3.4 -44.0 207 55 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.22 17 200 12302 -56.6 -59.5 70 2.9 -56.6 215 44 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14074 -65.1 -69.9 51 4.8 -65.1 239 45 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.02 19 100 16536 -64.4 -83.6 6 19.2 -64.6 243 20 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.89 m Freezing level: 600.13 mb = 4365.72 m = 14323.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.50 mb = 3866.23 m = 12684.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.94 mb = 1024.08 m = 3359.82 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.96 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2044.42 m = 6707.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4185.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.05 mb = 1514.02 m = 4967.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.6 neg: -65.6 tot: 136.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 28.81 m/s