MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.77,-123.53 Latitude: 39.77 Longitude: -123.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 594 SFC 943 663 29.3 12.0 35 17.2 18.0 313 8 307.6 309.4 293.3 336.1 9.41 3 900 1067 22.7 8.9 41 13.8 14.2 322 11 304.9 306.4 291.4 329.0 7.99 4 850 1561 19.9 4.7 37 15.2 11.1 297 7 307.0 308.2 290.6 326.2 6.30 5 800 2080 16.0 2.3 40 13.8 8.3 259 5 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.6 5.63 6 750 2623 11.5 -0.0 45 11.6 5.4 171 4 309.1 310.1 290.2 324.9 5.09 7 700 3195 7.0 -3.8 46 10.8 1.7 138 7 310.2 311.0 289.7 323.2 4.12 8 650 3799 2.5 -12.2 33 14.6 -3.4 139 8 311.8 312.2 288.5 319.3 2.31 9 600 4440 -2.1 -23.9 17 21.8 -8.4 197 5 313.7 313.9 287.7 316.9 0.93 10 550 5124 -7.0 -27.9 17 20.9 -12.2 229 10 315.8 315.9 288.2 318.2 0.70 11 500 5859 -12.4 -29.1 23 16.7 -16.2 237 13 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.69 12 450 6653 -18.7 -29.9 37 11.2 -21.0 242 17 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.71 13 400 7518 -25.5 -36.8 34 11.3 -27.1 243 20 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.41 14 350 8471 -32.9 -46.4 25 13.4 -34.1 242 24 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.17 15 300 9537 -40.0 -56.2 16 16.2 -40.8 252 27 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.06 16 250 10764 -46.4 -63.5 13 17.1 -46.9 253 28 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 17 200 12236 -48.7 -72.7 4 24.1 -49.3 250 38 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14110 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 248 37 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16682 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 218 17 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.40 m Freezing level: 622.81 mb = 4147.31 m = 13606.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.14 mb = 3393.86 m = 11134.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.97 mb = 2813.88 m = 9231.76 ft T: 10.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 19.26 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.38 mb = 3583.98 m = 11758.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.34 C Cross Totals Index: 17.12 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 226.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.83 mb = 3009.91 m = 9874.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.83 mb = 4970.33 m = 16306.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.83 mb = 9292.21 m = 30485.87 ft B at Equ Level: 226.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.83 mb = 11010.55 m = 36123.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -6.2 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.50 Bulk Shear: 21.57 m/s