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: 41.87,-87.98 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 213 22.1 16.6 71 5.5 18.4 221 11 296.5 298.7 292.2 331.6 12.14 2 950 534 22.5 16.0 67 6.4 18.2 214 37 300.0 302.2 293.2 335.6 12.16 3 900 1003 19.8 14.3 70 5.5 16.1 215 47 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.7 11.44 4 850 1494 15.9 12.5 80 3.4 13.7 217 51 302.8 304.8 293.0 334.7 10.78 5 800 2006 12.6 11.3 91 1.4 11.8 221 46 304.6 306.6 293.3 336.2 10.55 6 750 2547 9.7 8.6 92 1.2 9.0 215 40 307.1 308.9 293.2 335.5 9.37 7 700 3117 6.0 3.9 87 2.1 4.8 208 39 309.1 310.5 292.1 331.4 7.26 8 650 3721 2.8 -0.6 79 3.4 1.0 216 40 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.7 5.64 9 600 4366 -0.2 -4.0 75 3.9 -2.1 216 44 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.0 4.73 10 550 5058 -3.6 -14.7 42 11.1 -7.8 214 51 319.8 320.3 290.9 327.3 2.23 11 500 5805 -8.0 -30.7 14 22.7 -13.5 213 55 323.3 323.5 290.4 325.5 0.59 12 450 6614 -13.0 -29.9 23 16.9 -17.0 219 53 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.5 0.71 13 400 7503 -17.9 -25.0 53 7.2 -19.7 228 52 331.8 332.0 293.4 336.3 1.25 14 350 8488 -24.4 -31.7 51 7.3 -25.8 224 51 335.9 336.0 294.0 338.8 0.77 15 300 9591 -33.0 -41.5 43 8.5 -34.0 216 54 338.9 338.9 294.4 340.2 0.34 16 250 10843 -43.8 -47.1 70 3.3 -44.0 208 56 341.0 341.0 294.8 341.9 0.22 17 200 12300 -56.6 -59.6 69 3.0 -56.7 214 46 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14072 -65.2 -69.9 52 4.7 -65.3 240 45 357.7 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16536 -64.3 -83.6 5 19.3 -64.5 244 20 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.26 m Freezing level: 603.07 mb = 4326.15 m = 14193.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.64 mb = 3926.21 m = 12881.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 83.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.78 mb = 919.24 m = 3015.83 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 6.42 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.01 mb = 1922.08 m = 6305.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.83 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 0.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 34.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.06 mb = 1422.64 m = 4667.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.06 mb = 3092.60 m = 10146.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 622.06 mb = 4074.92 m = 13369.01 ft B at Equ Level: 24.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 532.06 mb = 5318.15 m = 17447.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 44.8 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.2 neg: -64.1 tot: 122.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 30.94 m/s