MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.74,-76.01 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -76.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 2 22.9 22.1 95 0.8 22.4 37 9 294.4 297.4 294.8 342.2 16.69 1 1000 172 21.9 21.2 96 0.7 21.4 35 17 295.0 297.9 294.6 340.9 16.00 2 950 618 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.1 39 18 296.7 299.4 294.1 339.0 14.66 3 900 1083 16.9 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 40 15 298.9 301.4 293.9 338.0 13.42 4 850 1570 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.4 27 11 301.3 303.6 293.6 337.2 12.19 5 800 2081 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.8 349 9 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.2 10.85 6 750 2620 9.4 8.8 96 0.6 9.0 307 12 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.6 9.53 7 700 3192 7.4 5.8 89 1.6 6.4 291 15 310.7 312.2 293.3 336.1 8.27 8 650 3801 4.4 2.2 86 2.1 3.2 284 15 313.9 315.2 293.2 335.6 6.93 9 600 4449 0.9 -1.7 83 2.6 -0.5 275 15 317.1 318.2 293.0 335.0 5.62 10 550 5144 -2.9 -6.6 76 3.7 -4.6 264 15 320.6 321.5 292.9 334.5 4.25 11 500 5892 -7.2 -10.6 77 3.4 -8.6 257 16 324.3 324.9 293.2 335.7 3.42 12 450 6707 -11.3 -16.7 64 5.5 -13.2 261 18 329.1 329.5 293.6 337.0 2.29 13 400 7602 -16.7 -28.2 36 11.5 -19.5 267 24 333.3 333.5 293.5 336.7 0.94 14 350 8589 -24.0 -30.5 55 6.4 -25.4 265 31 336.4 336.5 294.2 339.6 0.87 15 300 9694 -32.6 -35.2 78 2.6 -33.0 250 36 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.64 16 250 10953 -41.5 -48.5 47 7.0 -42.1 252 47 344.3 344.3 295.5 345.1 0.19 17 200 12430 -52.5 -66.1 18 13.6 -52.8 238 58 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14228 -65.9 -74.1 31 8.2 -65.9 253 62 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16662 -68.2 -85.7 6 17.5 -68.4 257 20 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.93 m Freezing level: 588.65 mb = 4606.29 m = 15112.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.88 mb = 4356.37 m = 14292.38 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1008.43 mb = 98.88 m = 324.41 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.57 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.81 mb = 546.90 m = 1794.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.92 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 962.55 mb = 503.91 m = 1653.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 947.55 mb = 640.39 m = 2101.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.55 mb = 6247.43 m = 20496.57 ft B at Equ Level: 107.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.55 mb = 9286.23 m = 30466.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.4 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 340.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -19.5 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 55.37 m/s