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: 35.53,-78.69 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -78.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 88 27.5 25.1 86 2.5 25.7 48 5 300.1 303.8 298.7 359.8 20.30 1 1000 148 26.5 24.0 86 2.5 24.7 33 6 299.7 303.1 297.8 355.6 19.12 2 950 601 22.7 22.0 96 0.6 22.2 34 9 300.2 303.5 297.1 352.5 17.82 3 900 1071 19.9 19.5 97 0.4 19.6 36 7 302.0 305.0 296.5 349.5 16.06 4 850 1564 18.1 15.7 86 2.4 16.4 354 3 305.1 307.6 295.4 344.8 13.29 5 800 2082 15.3 12.6 84 2.7 13.6 283 5 307.5 309.6 294.9 342.3 11.55 6 750 2627 12.3 8.7 79 3.6 10.0 266 7 309.9 311.7 294.0 338.8 9.46 7 700 3203 9.2 3.9 69 5.3 6.2 258 8 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.3 7.26 8 650 3814 6.0 -4.6 47 10.5 0.8 269 9 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.1 4.19 9 600 4465 2.0 -4.9 60 6.8 -1.4 273 12 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.7 4.44 10 550 5163 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.9 263 15 321.3 322.4 294.0 338.9 5.41 11 500 5914 -6.3 -7.4 92 1.2 -6.8 257 18 325.4 326.2 294.3 339.9 4.38 12 450 6731 -10.8 -12.0 91 1.2 -11.3 255 20 329.7 330.3 294.6 341.2 3.38 13 400 7627 -16.4 -18.2 86 1.8 -17.0 249 22 333.6 334.1 294.7 341.7 2.28 14 350 8620 -21.8 -31.7 40 9.9 -23.9 236 24 339.4 339.5 294.8 342.3 0.77 15 300 9739 -28.7 -43.8 22 15.0 -30.6 240 27 344.9 344.9 295.7 346.0 0.26 16 250 11014 -39.4 -50.1 31 10.7 -40.2 235 32 347.5 347.5 296.2 348.1 0.16 17 200 12502 -51.4 -62.7 25 11.3 -51.7 227 32 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.04 18 150 14301 -66.5 -73.0 40 6.5 -66.5 233 31 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16710 -70.1 -84.4 11 14.3 -70.2 234 17 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.49 m Freezing level: 577.06 mb = 4785.26 m = 15699.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.98 mb = 4043.14 m = 13264.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.11 C = 89.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.12 mb = 397.74 m = 1304.91 ft T: 24.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 30.63 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 734.04 m = 2408.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1200.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.45 mb = 688.52 m = 2258.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.45 mb = 828.44 m = 2717.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.45 mb = 12974.50 m = 42566.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1200.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.45 mb = 16394.79 m = 53788.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -9.2 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 43.96 Bulk Shear: 27.30 m/s