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,-81.71 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -81.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 968 451 21.8 20.9 95 0.9 21.2 35 8 297.7 300.6 295.5 344.8 16.27 2 950 617 20.4 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 40 15 297.9 300.8 295.3 344.0 15.89 3 900 1084 18.4 17.9 97 0.4 18.1 48 17 300.4 303.1 295.0 343.0 14.51 4 850 1575 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 55 8 303.8 306.3 295.2 343.6 13.40 5 800 2091 14.6 13.1 91 1.5 13.6 100 2 306.7 308.9 294.9 342.5 11.91 6 750 2635 11.8 9.3 85 2.5 10.2 245 3 309.4 311.2 294.2 339.5 9.86 7 700 3210 8.6 5.2 79 3.4 6.6 275 6 312.1 313.6 293.5 336.7 7.95 8 650 3820 4.9 1.6 79 3.3 3.1 280 9 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.4 6.65 9 600 4469 1.1 -1.2 85 2.3 -0.1 284 10 317.4 318.6 293.3 336.1 5.86 10 550 5166 -2.2 -3.8 89 1.6 -3.0 283 13 321.4 322.5 293.9 338.5 5.24 11 500 5918 -6.4 -7.7 90 1.3 -7.0 281 17 325.3 326.1 294.2 339.5 4.29 12 450 6735 -11.0 -12.1 91 1.1 -11.4 271 18 329.4 330.1 294.6 340.9 3.36 13 400 7631 -16.5 -17.8 89 1.3 -17.0 258 20 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.8 2.35 14 350 8620 -23.4 -27.2 71 3.7 -24.3 256 22 337.1 337.4 294.7 341.5 1.18 15 300 9729 -31.5 -38.0 53 6.5 -32.4 249 25 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.8 0.48 16 250 10993 -41.2 -49.0 43 7.8 -41.8 253 30 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.5 0.18 17 200 12466 -53.4 -60.7 41 7.3 -53.6 248 34 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.05 18 150 14263 -65.6 -74.6 28 9.0 -65.7 244 49 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16696 -67.8 -85.7 6 17.8 -67.9 273 10 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.68 m Freezing level: 583.12 mb = 4704.55 m = 15434.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.53 mb = 4448.78 m = 14595.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.23 mb = 560.11 m = 1837.62 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.22 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 1046.88 m = 3434.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 35.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.25 mb = 976.99 m = 3205.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.25 mb = 3136.36 m = 10289.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.25 mb = 9349.36 m = 30673.39 ft B at Equ Level: 186.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.25 mb = 12262.45 m = 40230.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.4 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 331.4 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -9.3 tot: 57.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.00 Bulk Shear: 46.93 m/s