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: 33.97,-79.94 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -79.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 39 29.1 25.5 81 3.6 26.4 318 1 301.2 304.9 299.1 362.2 20.67 1 1000 147 27.9 24.4 81 3.5 25.3 291 1 301.1 304.7 298.5 359.0 19.65 2 950 602 23.8 22.8 94 1.0 23.0 271 2 301.3 304.7 298.0 356.3 18.66 3 900 1075 21.6 18.2 81 3.4 19.2 269 6 303.8 306.5 296.1 347.7 14.78 4 850 1570 19.4 14.6 73 4.9 16.1 273 8 306.5 308.8 295.2 343.7 12.36 5 800 2090 16.6 11.9 74 4.7 13.5 276 9 308.8 310.9 294.8 342.2 10.98 6 750 2637 12.9 8.9 77 3.9 10.4 263 12 310.5 312.4 294.3 340.0 9.62 7 700 3214 9.0 7.2 89 1.7 7.9 257 14 312.4 314.2 294.5 340.8 9.18 8 650 3825 5.5 4.9 96 0.6 5.2 257 14 315.2 316.8 294.7 341.5 8.41 9 600 4477 2.1 1.8 98 0.3 1.9 257 15 318.6 320.0 294.7 341.7 7.27 10 550 5176 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 262 16 321.8 323.0 294.6 341.1 5.94 11 500 5928 -6.3 -9.6 77 3.3 -7.7 265 18 325.4 326.2 293.8 337.8 3.71 12 450 6744 -10.8 -22.9 36 12.1 -14.5 262 20 329.6 329.9 292.9 334.4 1.34 13 400 7641 -15.6 -29.8 29 14.1 -19.0 250 19 334.7 334.8 293.7 337.7 0.81 14 350 8636 -21.2 -36.5 24 15.3 -24.0 242 20 340.2 340.3 294.8 342.1 0.48 15 300 9755 -29.1 -41.9 28 12.8 -30.8 245 17 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.7 0.32 16 250 11030 -39.1 -52.5 23 13.4 -40.0 214 19 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.4 0.12 17 200 12518 -51.7 -57.4 50 5.7 -51.8 214 19 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.08 18 150 14316 -66.5 -73.5 36 7.1 -66.5 190 22 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16714 -71.3 -84.7 12 13.4 -71.3 204 15 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.82 m Freezing level: 573.76 mb = 4844.06 m = 15892.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.87 mb = 4807.02 m = 15770.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.73 C = 92.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.71 mb = 493.60 m = 1619.40 ft T: 24.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 22.17 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 1010.46 m = 3315.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1753.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.36 mb = 775.44 m = 2544.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.36 mb = 1811.89 m = 5944.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.36 mb = 14461.46 m = 47445.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1733.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 137.03 Bulk Shear: 12.79 m/s