MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F000.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: RUC analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 34.45,-79.76 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -79.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 36 23.8 23.7 99 0.2 23.8 262 1 296.0 299.3 296.5 349.4 18.52 1 1000 138 23.9 23.7 99 0.2 23.8 275 3 297.1 300.5 297.0 351.4 18.77 2 950 590 24.3 21.3 83 3.0 22.1 289 9 301.9 305.0 297.1 352.0 17.00 3 900 1064 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.1 281 8 304.6 307.5 297.0 351.6 15.76 4 850 1561 19.4 17.8 91 1.5 18.3 270 10 306.4 309.3 297.1 352.4 15.31 5 800 2081 16.4 14.0 86 2.3 14.8 258 12 308.6 311.0 296.0 347.1 12.71 6 750 2628 12.9 10.9 88 2.0 11.6 246 12 310.5 312.6 295.3 344.1 10.98 7 700 3206 9.3 8.4 94 1.0 8.8 245 11 312.8 314.7 295.1 343.5 9.91 8 650 3818 5.8 5.4 97 0.4 5.6 255 12 315.5 317.2 295.0 342.8 8.69 9 600 4471 2.0 1.9 99 0.1 2.0 261 14 318.4 319.9 294.7 341.8 7.34 10 550 5169 -2.1 -2.2 99 0.1 -2.1 261 15 321.6 322.8 294.5 340.8 5.94 11 500 5921 -5.9 -6.8 93 0.9 -6.4 261 16 325.8 326.7 294.6 341.0 4.58 12 450 6739 -10.1 -13.8 74 3.7 -11.6 264 17 330.5 331.1 294.4 340.6 2.93 13 400 7639 -15.2 -19.6 69 4.4 -16.7 262 18 335.2 335.6 294.9 342.4 2.02 14 350 8635 -21.3 -26.5 63 5.2 -22.7 254 17 340.0 340.3 295.4 344.7 1.25 15 300 9755 -29.3 -33.8 65 4.6 -30.1 258 16 344.1 344.3 296.0 346.9 0.73 16 250 11030 -38.8 -50.2 29 11.5 -39.6 227 17 348.4 348.5 296.4 349.1 0.15 17 200 12522 -51.0 -62.0 26 11.1 -51.3 228 19 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.2 0.05 18 150 14323 -66.2 -73.6 35 7.3 -66.3 220 19 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16713 -72.9 -84.2 16 11.3 -73.0 199 10 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.43 m Freezing level: 575.45 mb = 4813.55 m = 15792.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.19 mb = 4795.64 m = 15733.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.49 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1010.02 mb = 51.47 m = 168.88 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1437.86 m = 4717.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.86 C = 92.96 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 42.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.15 mb = 747.28 m = 2451.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.15 mb = 2315.92 m = 7598.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.15 mb = 11941.41 m = 39177.37 ft B at Equ Level: 823.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.15 mb = 16251.14 m = 53316.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -5.6 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 115.16 Bulk Shear: 7.16 m/s