MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 34.45,-80.81 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -80.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 119 29.3 24.6 76 4.7 25.8 87 3 302.1 305.8 298.8 360.6 19.75 1 1000 151 29.3 23.9 73 5.3 25.3 79 3 302.4 305.9 298.5 358.8 19.04 2 950 607 25.0 22.5 86 2.6 23.2 85 3 302.6 306.0 298.1 356.9 18.33 3 900 1081 21.6 19.6 88 2.0 20.2 138 2 303.7 306.7 297.0 351.8 16.16 4 850 1575 17.6 17.0 96 0.6 17.2 217 4 304.6 307.3 296.1 347.9 14.52 5 800 2092 14.5 13.4 93 1.1 13.8 241 5 306.7 308.9 295.1 343.3 12.19 6 750 2636 12.6 8.4 76 4.2 10.0 281 6 310.3 312.0 294.0 338.6 9.26 7 700 3213 9.3 5.3 76 4.0 6.9 307 9 312.8 314.3 293.7 337.6 7.99 8 650 3824 5.9 1.9 76 4.0 3.7 310 11 315.7 317.0 293.6 337.1 6.79 9 600 4477 2.4 -1.6 75 3.9 0.3 302 12 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.2 5.70 10 550 5175 -2.0 -4.9 81 2.8 -3.4 287 12 321.7 322.6 293.7 337.5 4.85 11 500 5927 -6.5 -8.6 85 2.2 -7.5 271 12 325.1 325.9 293.9 338.4 3.98 12 450 6742 -11.1 -14.4 76 3.4 -12.3 263 14 329.3 329.9 294.0 338.8 2.78 13 400 7638 -16.6 -19.4 79 2.7 -17.5 256 19 333.4 333.8 294.5 340.7 2.07 14 350 8628 -22.9 -28.7 59 5.8 -24.2 253 23 337.9 338.1 294.7 341.7 1.02 15 300 9742 -29.6 -40.7 33 11.0 -31.2 249 22 343.6 343.7 295.5 345.1 0.37 16 250 11017 -39.1 -59.5 10 20.4 -40.2 245 26 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.05 17 200 12505 -51.5 -61.8 28 10.3 -51.8 229 30 351.2 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.05 18 150 14306 -66.3 -72.2 43 5.9 -66.3 213 36 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16716 -69.7 -84.7 9 15.0 -69.7 261 14 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.81 m Freezing level: 572.96 mb = 4854.52 m = 15926.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.83 mb = 4532.91 m = 14871.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.01 mb = 718.17 m = 2356.18 ft T: 24.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 23.49 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.68 mb = 1112.65 m = 3650.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1956.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.06 mb = 983.31 m = 3226.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.06 mb = 1225.41 m = 4020.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.06 mb = 14505.51 m = 47589.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1927.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.7 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 318.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 129.06 Bulk Shear: 15.16 m/s