MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.63,-81.21 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -81.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 987 286 22.4 21.7 96 0.7 21.9 39 10 296.7 299.7 295.6 345.2 16.82 2 950 618 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 54 16 297.5 300.3 295.0 342.6 15.56 3 900 1084 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 17.9 65 17 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.6 14.49 4 850 1574 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.2 84 11 303.2 305.7 295.3 343.8 13.70 5 800 2090 14.1 14.0 99 0.2 14.0 116 5 306.2 308.6 295.3 344.2 12.63 6 750 2634 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 187 4 309.1 311.2 295.1 343.2 11.22 7 700 3209 8.5 7.9 96 0.6 8.2 239 5 311.9 313.7 294.7 341.6 9.63 8 650 3819 5.0 4.5 97 0.5 4.7 277 7 314.6 316.2 294.4 340.2 8.17 9 600 4469 1.4 0.8 96 0.6 1.1 297 10 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.3 6.78 10 550 5166 -2.2 -3.4 91 1.2 -2.9 297 14 321.5 322.5 294.1 339.0 5.40 11 500 5918 -6.1 -8.1 86 2.0 -7.0 289 18 325.6 326.4 294.1 339.4 4.14 12 450 6735 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.7 -11.4 278 19 329.8 330.4 294.6 341.0 3.27 13 400 7632 -16.4 -18.0 87 1.7 -16.9 262 19 333.7 334.2 294.8 341.9 2.31 14 350 8622 -23.2 -26.0 77 2.8 -23.9 255 21 337.5 337.8 294.8 342.3 1.31 15 300 9731 -31.5 -35.3 69 3.8 -32.1 247 21 341.0 341.1 295.1 343.4 0.63 16 250 10994 -41.6 -46.1 61 4.5 -41.9 249 27 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.2 0.24 17 200 12464 -53.7 -58.0 59 4.3 -53.8 249 38 347.7 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.08 18 150 14263 -65.4 -74.8 26 9.4 -65.4 246 51 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16698 -68.3 -85.5 7 17.2 -68.4 270 10 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.31 m Freezing level: 580.82 mb = 4735.97 m = 15537.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.32 mb = 4653.42 m = 15266.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.79 mb = 366.24 m = 1201.55 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 5.17 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 760.74 m = 2495.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.03 C = 75.26 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 37.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.97 mb = 773.74 m = 2538.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.97 mb = 820.10 m = 2690.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.97 mb = 1199.40 m = 3934.98 ft B at Equ Level: 17.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.97 mb = 11318.93 m = 37135.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.4 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 346.4 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 93.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 45.14 m/s