MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.80,-76.35 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -76.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 8 23.5 21.6 89 1.9 22.1 22 7 295.0 297.9 294.6 341.1 16.10 1 1000 173 22.5 21.1 92 1.4 21.5 20 16 295.7 298.5 294.7 341.4 15.92 2 950 620 19.3 19.1 99 0.1 19.2 26 19 296.7 299.4 294.2 339.6 14.83 3 900 1085 17.1 17.0 99 0.1 17.1 25 13 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.1 13.67 4 850 1573 15.5 15.4 99 0.1 15.5 330 7 302.4 304.8 294.6 341.1 13.06 5 800 2087 13.7 12.5 93 1.2 13.0 294 11 305.7 307.9 294.4 340.2 11.49 6 750 2630 11.1 10.0 93 1.1 10.4 289 13 308.6 310.6 294.3 340.0 10.31 7 700 3205 8.5 6.2 85 2.3 7.1 283 16 311.9 313.5 293.9 338.2 8.52 8 650 3815 5.3 1.6 77 3.6 3.2 281 14 314.9 316.2 293.3 335.8 6.65 9 600 4466 1.5 -1.7 79 3.3 -0.2 277 13 317.9 319.0 293.3 335.8 5.62 10 550 5162 -2.6 -4.3 88 1.7 -3.4 267 14 321.0 322.0 293.7 337.5 5.08 11 500 5912 -6.9 -8.8 86 1.9 -7.7 257 16 324.7 325.5 293.8 337.8 3.95 12 450 6727 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.9 257 21 329.0 329.6 294.3 339.9 3.19 13 400 7622 -16.7 -17.6 93 0.8 -17.0 254 28 333.2 333.7 294.7 341.7 2.41 14 350 8611 -23.4 -26.0 79 2.7 -24.0 259 32 337.3 337.5 294.8 342.1 1.31 15 300 9724 -29.7 -47.4 16 17.7 -31.6 240 42 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.3 0.18 16 250 10998 -39.4 -51.7 26 12.4 -40.2 235 48 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.1 0.13 17 200 12485 -51.6 -62.0 28 10.4 -51.9 236 51 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.3 0.05 18 150 14286 -66.0 -74.0 32 8.0 -66.1 242 48 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16706 -68.8 -84.9 8 16.0 -68.9 260 21 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.68 m Freezing level: 581.61 mb = 4721.68 m = 15490.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.10 mb = 4423.65 m = 14513.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.74 mb = 245.32 m = 804.85 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 5.22 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.47 mb = 570.10 m = 1870.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.08 C = 77.15 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 35.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.19 mb = 545.32 m = 1789.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.19 mb = 682.01 m = 2237.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 873.19 mb = 1343.26 m = 4406.96 ft B at Equ Level: 14.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 783.19 mb = 2265.95 m = 7434.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.1 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 329.1 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -21.2 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 49.11 m/s