MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506051500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506051500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.03,-78.61 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -78.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 985 234 27.1 21.5 71 5.6 23.0 356 1 301.6 304.6 296.7 350.4 16.58 2 950 550 23.9 19.3 76 4.6 20.6 276 2 301.4 304.2 295.6 345.6 15.00 3 900 1021 20.0 17.3 84 2.7 18.2 256 4 302.2 304.7 295.1 343.4 13.96 4 850 1511 16.2 14.2 88 1.9 14.8 256 7 303.1 305.3 294.0 338.9 12.07 5 800 2025 12.4 11.0 91 1.4 11.5 263 11 304.3 306.3 293.2 335.3 10.36 6 750 2564 9.5 7.0 84 2.5 8.0 267 16 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.4 8.41 7 700 3134 6.0 3.8 86 2.2 4.8 272 22 309.1 310.5 292.0 331.3 7.22 8 650 3736 1.3 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 277 24 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.4 6.09 9 600 4379 -0.7 -6.8 64 6.0 -3.5 279 27 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.6 3.84 10 550 5069 -4.5 -13.1 51 8.5 -7.9 277 28 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.54 11 500 5812 -9.4 -15.0 64 5.6 -11.5 276 26 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.5 2.38 12 450 6618 -14.2 -19.9 62 5.7 -16.0 279 27 325.3 325.7 292.1 331.4 1.75 13 400 7501 -20.1 -26.5 57 6.4 -21.7 277 28 328.8 329.1 292.4 332.7 1.09 14 350 8475 -27.6 -34.3 53 6.7 -28.7 275 31 331.5 331.7 292.7 333.7 0.59 15 300 9562 -36.9 -43.4 51 6.5 -37.5 280 34 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 16 250 10793 -47.4 -54.1 46 6.7 -47.7 288 38 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12245 -54.5 -71.0 11 16.5 -54.8 272 42 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 14045 -61.9 -78.0 10 16.1 -62.0 271 39 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16546 -65.1 -87.6 3 22.5 -65.3 262 24 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.87 m Freezing level: 617.49 mb = 4153.77 m = 13627.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.31 mb = 3856.59 m = 12652.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.77 mb = 945.66 m = 3102.54 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 23.33 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1316.31 m = 4318.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.27 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 37.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1750.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.54 mb = 1198.53 m = 3932.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.54 mb = 1445.59 m = 4742.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.54 mb = 12354.52 m = 40532.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1728.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.54 mb = 15602.05 m = 51187.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 47.62 Bulk Shear: 36.77 m/s