MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 33.91,-80.94 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -80.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 61 31.7 24.8 67 6.9 26.5 263 2 304.0 307.7 299.4 363.4 19.90 1 1000 145 30.3 22.9 65 7.4 24.9 257 3 303.5 306.8 298.0 356.5 17.84 2 950 603 25.7 21.7 78 4.0 22.8 255 4 303.3 306.5 297.7 355.0 17.43 3 900 1077 21.8 18.8 83 3.0 19.7 254 5 304.0 306.8 296.5 349.7 15.35 4 850 1572 19.2 14.1 72 5.2 15.8 254 6 306.3 308.5 294.8 342.3 11.97 5 800 2091 16.1 11.1 72 5.0 12.9 258 5 308.3 310.3 294.3 340.0 10.45 6 750 2637 12.6 8.6 77 4.0 10.0 256 8 310.2 312.0 294.0 338.9 9.36 7 700 3214 9.2 6.1 81 3.1 7.3 262 10 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.0 8.49 8 650 3826 6.0 2.5 78 3.5 4.0 274 12 315.8 317.1 293.9 338.1 7.08 9 600 4478 2.5 -0.6 80 3.1 0.8 276 14 319.0 320.2 294.0 338.6 6.11 10 550 5177 -1.8 -4.0 85 2.2 -2.9 271 14 321.9 322.9 294.0 338.8 5.17 11 500 5929 -6.3 -11.3 68 5.0 -8.4 265 17 325.4 326.0 293.4 336.3 3.24 12 450 6745 -11.0 -21.3 43 10.2 -14.3 262 20 329.4 329.7 293.0 334.8 1.56 13 400 7641 -15.9 -24.2 49 8.3 -18.2 249 20 334.3 334.6 294.1 339.2 1.36 14 350 8635 -21.6 -33.0 35 11.4 -23.9 248 20 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.2 0.68 15 300 9753 -29.3 -47.0 16 17.7 -31.3 240 22 344.1 344.1 295.5 344.9 0.19 16 250 11027 -39.2 -51.9 25 12.6 -40.1 231 22 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.3 0.13 17 200 12516 -51.6 -61.3 31 9.7 -51.9 218 22 351.0 351.1 296.9 351.3 0.05 18 150 14315 -66.3 -74.5 30 8.3 -66.3 191 23 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16714 -71.4 -84.5 12 13.1 -71.5 200 16 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.53 m Freezing level: 571.14 mb = 4881.80 m = 16016.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.41 mb = 4621.35 m = 15161.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.24 mb = 939.06 m = 3080.87 ft T: 22.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 24.53 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1410.11 m = 4626.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1508.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.02 mb = 1153.93 m = 3785.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.02 mb = 1806.70 m = 5927.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.02 mb = 14029.20 m = 46027.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1504.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 296.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 282.15 Bulk Shear: 5.35 m/s