MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 36.12,-93.88 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -93.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 SFC 973 433 22.0 18.7 81 3.3 19.7 85 8 297.5 300.0 293.9 338.2 14.05 2 950 643 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 86 10 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.4 13.25 3 900 1107 16.7 15.9 95 0.9 16.2 92 11 298.8 301.1 293.3 335.8 12.70 4 850 1595 16.1 15.1 94 0.9 15.4 307 4 303.0 305.3 294.6 341.0 12.82 5 800 2110 14.3 12.3 88 1.9 13.0 303 9 306.3 308.5 294.4 340.4 11.33 6 750 2653 11.0 9.8 92 1.2 10.2 296 9 308.5 310.4 294.2 339.5 10.18 7 700 3227 7.9 7.2 95 0.7 7.5 292 9 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.3 9.13 8 650 3836 4.6 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 286 11 314.2 315.8 294.2 339.5 8.09 9 600 4485 1.2 1.0 99 0.2 1.1 283 12 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.4 6.89 10 550 5182 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.9 279 12 321.3 322.4 294.0 338.9 5.42 11 500 5934 -6.7 -9.5 80 2.8 -7.9 272 9 324.9 325.7 293.7 337.3 3.73 12 450 6749 -11.5 -15.4 73 3.9 -13.0 255 8 328.8 329.3 293.7 337.6 2.56 13 400 7642 -16.8 -20.4 74 3.6 -18.0 283 12 333.1 333.5 294.3 339.8 1.89 14 350 8632 -23.2 -28.3 63 5.1 -24.4 272 20 337.5 337.7 294.7 341.4 1.06 15 300 9740 -32.0 -44.9 27 12.9 -33.4 281 20 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.2 0.23 16 250 10997 -42.9 -52.1 36 9.1 -43.5 306 31 342.2 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.12 17 200 12468 -52.6 -62.7 28 10.1 -52.9 257 38 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.04 18 150 14277 -63.3 -78.9 10 15.6 -63.4 302 32 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16714 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.3 -70.2 282 10 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.56 m Freezing level: 582.89 mb = 4723.65 m = 15497.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.32 mb = 4669.94 m = 15321.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.63 mb = 856.47 m = 2809.92 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 2.76 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1978.15 m = 6489.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4822.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.28 mb = 1103.89 m = 3621.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -27.8 tot: -19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 47.73 m/s