MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.68,-82.20 Latitude: 34.68 Longitude: -82.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 991 237 25.9 24.5 92 1.3 24.9 89 6 299.7 303.4 298.3 358.1 19.92 2 950 614 23.2 22.6 97 0.6 22.8 82 9 300.7 304.1 297.7 355.2 18.53 3 900 1085 20.8 20.3 97 0.4 20.5 86 8 302.9 306.0 297.3 353.1 16.93 4 850 1579 17.8 17.0 95 0.9 17.2 359 3 304.8 307.5 296.2 348.0 14.47 5 800 2097 14.6 13.3 92 1.3 13.7 318 6 306.7 308.9 295.1 343.1 12.09 6 750 2641 12.0 9.0 82 3.0 10.2 302 7 309.6 311.5 294.1 339.1 9.65 7 700 3217 9.2 5.0 75 4.2 6.8 283 7 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.1 7.85 8 650 3828 5.8 1.2 72 4.6 3.2 270 7 315.5 316.7 293.3 335.9 6.45 9 600 4479 1.8 -1.3 80 3.1 0.2 256 9 318.3 319.4 293.5 336.8 5.81 10 550 5177 -2.2 -3.7 89 1.5 -3.0 255 12 321.5 322.5 294.0 338.7 5.29 11 500 5929 -6.2 -6.8 95 0.6 -6.5 264 14 325.5 326.4 294.5 340.7 4.59 12 450 6746 -10.8 -11.9 91 1.2 -11.3 270 13 329.7 330.4 294.6 341.3 3.40 13 400 7642 -16.3 -19.2 78 2.9 -17.3 279 14 333.8 334.2 294.6 341.2 2.09 14 350 8633 -22.8 -26.4 72 3.7 -23.7 286 17 338.1 338.3 295.0 342.7 1.26 15 300 9744 -31.4 -33.4 83 2.0 -31.7 277 20 341.1 341.3 295.3 344.0 0.76 16 250 11008 -41.2 -44.4 72 3.1 -41.5 272 26 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.9 0.30 17 200 12488 -51.5 -66.2 16 14.7 -51.9 249 36 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.03 18 150 14290 -66.0 -75.1 27 9.1 -66.0 241 35 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16708 -69.2 -82.4 13 13.3 -69.2 288 11 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.03 m Freezing level: 577.25 mb = 4796.62 m = 15736.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.91 mb = 4520.65 m = 14831.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.95 mb = 403.45 m = 1323.63 ft T: 24.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 22.27 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 853.70 m = 2800.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1895.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.98 mb = 780.73 m = 2561.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.98 mb = 1018.02 m = 3339.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.98 mb = 14005.19 m = 45948.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1887.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -17.8 tot: -14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 55.29 Bulk Shear: 34.28 m/s