MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.14,-80.73 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -80.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 993 213 28.3 23.9 77 4.4 25.0 82 5 302.0 305.5 298.4 358.6 19.13 2 950 605 24.3 22.2 88 2.0 22.8 73 7 301.8 305.1 297.7 355.1 18.06 3 900 1077 20.6 19.9 96 0.6 20.1 52 6 302.7 305.8 297.0 351.6 16.51 4 850 1571 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 9 5 305.5 307.9 295.3 344.1 12.87 5 800 2090 16.1 10.6 70 5.5 12.6 325 8 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.0 10.11 6 750 2636 12.9 7.7 71 5.2 9.7 300 11 310.5 312.2 293.7 337.6 8.81 7 700 3212 8.6 4.8 77 3.8 6.4 297 13 312.0 313.5 293.3 336.0 7.72 8 650 3822 5.5 0.6 71 4.8 2.8 292 11 315.1 316.3 293.0 334.6 6.18 9 600 4474 2.2 -3.7 65 5.8 -0.7 282 11 318.7 319.6 292.9 334.4 4.87 10 550 5171 -2.2 -6.8 71 4.6 -4.4 277 15 321.4 322.3 293.1 335.1 4.18 11 500 5922 -6.9 -8.5 88 1.6 -7.7 273 17 324.6 325.4 293.8 338.0 4.02 12 450 6736 -11.3 -13.1 86 1.9 -12.0 268 17 329.1 329.7 294.2 339.6 3.09 13 400 7631 -16.7 -19.3 80 2.6 -17.6 263 20 333.3 333.7 294.4 340.6 2.08 14 350 8622 -22.5 -27.9 62 5.4 -23.8 256 25 338.4 338.6 294.9 342.5 1.10 15 300 9736 -30.4 -37.9 48 7.5 -31.5 248 31 342.5 342.6 295.4 344.4 0.48 16 250 11006 -39.5 -60.1 10 20.5 -40.6 240 35 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 17 200 12493 -51.5 -61.0 31 9.5 -51.8 234 41 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.4 0.05 18 150 14294 -66.3 -73.5 36 7.2 -66.4 237 39 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16709 -70.1 -83.2 13 13.2 -70.1 264 13 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.30 m Freezing level: 575.26 mb = 4818.59 m = 15808.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.38 mb = 4333.94 m = 14218.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.48 mb = 767.82 m = 2519.06 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 24.23 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 986.92 m = 3237.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.22 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1663.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.72 mb = 935.73 m = 3069.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.72 mb = 1080.10 m = 3543.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.72 mb = 13901.16 m = 45606.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1658.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -11.4 tot: -9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 49.97 Bulk Shear: 33.28 m/s