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: 34.54,-81.86 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -81.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 996 176 30.9 24.8 70 6.2 26.3 71 3 304.4 308.1 299.6 364.6 20.13 2 950 600 26.0 22.3 80 3.7 23.3 65 3 303.6 306.9 298.2 357.5 18.13 3 900 1075 22.2 19.7 85 2.6 20.4 51 3 304.4 307.4 297.2 352.7 16.21 4 850 1571 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.3 18 3 305.8 308.4 296.3 348.4 14.20 5 800 2090 16.2 11.7 75 4.5 13.3 353 3 308.4 310.4 294.7 341.4 10.88 6 750 2636 13.2 7.1 67 6.0 9.5 322 4 310.9 312.5 293.6 337.0 8.50 7 700 3213 8.8 5.7 81 3.0 6.9 293 8 312.2 313.8 293.7 337.8 8.26 8 650 3823 5.5 1.9 78 3.6 3.4 281 13 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.4 6.76 9 600 4475 2.3 -2.5 70 4.8 -0.2 273 15 318.8 319.8 293.3 335.9 5.31 10 550 5173 -2.3 -3.7 90 1.4 -3.0 264 15 321.4 322.4 294.0 338.6 5.31 11 500 5924 -6.5 -8.4 86 1.9 -7.4 264 16 325.1 325.9 294.0 338.6 4.06 12 450 6740 -11.2 -14.5 77 3.3 -12.5 262 15 329.1 329.7 294.0 338.6 2.76 13 400 7635 -16.5 -20.1 74 3.6 -17.6 252 16 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.4 1.94 14 350 8627 -22.1 -29.4 52 7.3 -23.8 247 21 338.9 339.1 294.9 342.5 0.96 15 300 9743 -29.3 -46.0 18 16.7 -31.2 246 26 344.1 344.1 295.5 344.9 0.21 16 250 11018 -39.3 -55.4 16 16.2 -40.2 235 30 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 17 200 12506 -51.4 -64.5 19 13.1 -51.7 222 34 351.4 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 18 150 14308 -66.3 -73.5 36 7.1 -66.4 211 30 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16711 -70.0 -84.6 10 14.6 -70.1 209 18 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.67 m Freezing level: 574.79 mb = 4826.86 m = 15835.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4445.63 m = 14585.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.88 mb = 960.05 m = 3149.74 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 27.60 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1246.13 m = 4088.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.85 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 38.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2160.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.87 mb = 1134.40 m = 3721.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.87 mb = 1380.25 m = 4528.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.87 mb = 14764.79 m = 48440.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2104.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -3.2 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 114.28 Bulk Shear: 18.91 m/s