MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.28,-84.67 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -84.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 978 338 19.9 17.4 86 2.5 18.2 79 5 294.9 297.2 292.2 331.9 12.91 2 950 591 18.9 17.3 90 1.7 17.8 104 14 296.4 298.8 292.9 334.3 13.16 3 900 1055 16.7 16.5 99 0.1 16.6 147 11 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.4 13.27 4 850 1542 15.2 14.2 94 1.0 14.5 125 10 302.0 304.3 293.7 337.6 12.05 5 800 2054 12.2 10.8 92 1.3 11.3 146 9 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.7 10.25 6 750 2593 9.5 6.0 79 3.4 7.5 185 8 306.9 308.3 291.9 330.7 7.86 7 700 3163 6.7 0.5 65 6.1 3.4 203 8 309.9 311.0 291.0 327.5 5.69 8 650 3768 2.6 -2.3 70 4.9 0.1 206 7 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.4 4.96 9 600 4411 -1.0 -11.0 46 10.0 -5.1 228 7 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.9 2.75 10 550 5099 -5.2 -14.2 49 9.0 -8.5 247 12 318.0 318.4 290.5 325.6 2.32 11 500 5842 -9.9 -16.7 58 6.8 -12.2 242 16 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.0 2.07 12 450 6645 -15.2 -28.9 30 13.6 -18.3 237 22 324.1 324.3 290.8 326.9 0.78 13 400 7523 -21.8 -43.7 12 21.9 -24.6 240 27 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.20 14 350 8490 -28.6 -48.0 14 19.4 -30.5 231 41 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 15 300 9581 -34.3 -61.2 5 26.9 -35.8 225 61 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.03 16 250 10832 -43.1 -61.8 11 18.7 -43.8 226 67 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.04 17 200 12305 -50.8 -72.6 6 21.8 -51.2 236 67 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14142 -59.5 -80.6 5 21.1 -59.7 243 46 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16630 -66.7 -79.6 15 12.8 -66.8 272 14 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.33 m Freezing level: 613.99 mb = 4230.61 m = 13879.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.24 mb = 3776.92 m = 12391.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.54 mb = 649.63 m = 2131.31 ft T: 18.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1295.09 m = 4248.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.55 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.51 mb = 936.47 m = 3072.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.51 mb = 3550.74 m = 11649.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.51 mb = 8960.00 m = 29395.98 ft B at Equ Level: 225.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.51 mb = 10897.91 m = 35753.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: -13.9 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 6.61 Bulk Shear: 34.78 m/s