MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 33.61,-81.60 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -81.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 124 32.5 21.8 54 10.6 24.7 291 4 305.5 308.6 297.8 355.5 16.69 1 1000 137 32.2 21.6 54 10.6 24.5 296 5 305.4 308.4 297.6 354.6 16.45 2 950 597 27.8 19.9 62 7.9 22.2 290 8 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.1 15.59 3 900 1075 23.8 17.5 68 6.3 19.4 282 10 306.1 308.7 296.3 348.4 14.13 4 850 1572 20.1 14.0 68 6.0 16.0 280 11 307.2 309.4 295.1 343.1 11.93 5 800 2093 16.5 10.9 69 5.6 12.9 279 11 308.7 310.7 294.3 339.9 10.26 6 750 2639 13.2 8.3 72 4.9 10.2 285 10 310.9 312.7 294.1 339.2 9.19 7 700 3217 9.6 5.1 74 4.4 6.9 301 11 313.1 314.6 293.7 337.7 7.91 8 650 3828 5.9 2.1 76 3.8 3.8 299 12 315.7 317.0 293.7 337.4 6.89 9 600 4481 2.5 -1.0 78 3.5 0.7 290 12 319.1 320.2 293.9 338.2 5.96 10 550 5180 -1.4 -6.4 69 5.0 -3.8 285 12 322.4 323.3 293.4 336.6 4.30 11 500 5934 -5.7 -12.5 59 6.8 -8.5 278 16 326.1 326.7 293.3 336.0 2.93 12 450 6751 -10.3 -15.9 63 5.6 -12.4 266 21 330.2 330.7 294.0 338.7 2.45 13 400 7649 -15.8 -21.3 63 5.4 -17.5 262 24 334.4 334.8 294.5 340.6 1.75 14 350 8641 -22.6 -27.4 64 4.9 -23.7 266 24 338.3 338.6 294.9 342.6 1.15 15 300 9757 -29.5 -46.9 17 17.3 -31.4 252 25 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.5 0.19 16 250 11029 -39.4 -53.8 20 14.4 -40.3 237 22 347.5 347.5 296.2 347.9 0.10 17 200 12517 -51.6 -61.7 29 10.1 -52.0 235 23 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.2 0.05 18 150 14317 -65.9 -75.1 27 9.2 -66.0 202 27 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16713 -71.0 -84.2 13 13.2 -71.1 247 10 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.24 m Freezing level: 567.63 mb = 4933.72 m = 16186.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.54 mb = 4581.65 m = 15031.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.60 % Est. max temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.51 mb = 1475.30 m = 4840.16 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 18.07 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1980.22 m = 6496.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.38 C = 95.68 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 920.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.77 mb = 1635.33 m = 5365.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.77 mb = 2429.96 m = 7972.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.77 mb = 12878.41 m = 42251.49 ft B at Equ Level: 912.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.77 mb = 16216.04 m = 53201.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 269.90 Bulk Shear: 3.41 m/s