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: 37.78,-83.70 Latitude: 37.78 Longitude: -83.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 981 325 18.6 15.4 81 3.3 16.5 86 6 293.4 295.5 290.5 325.6 11.28 2 950 600 19.0 14.7 76 4.2 16.3 99 19 296.4 298.5 291.3 328.7 11.16 3 900 1063 16.5 14.8 90 1.6 15.4 138 14 298.5 300.6 292.5 333.0 11.87 4 850 1549 14.0 13.2 95 0.9 13.5 124 13 300.8 302.9 292.8 334.0 11.27 5 800 2059 11.4 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 127 12 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.3 10.39 6 750 2597 8.2 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 164 9 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.5 8.98 7 700 3165 6.5 2.2 74 4.2 4.1 208 9 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.5 6.43 8 650 3769 2.6 -1.2 76 3.8 0.6 215 7 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.7 5.38 9 600 4412 -1.7 -7.6 64 5.9 -4.3 218 6 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.7 3.60 10 550 5100 -5.5 -14.7 49 9.1 -8.9 236 9 317.5 318.0 290.2 324.9 2.23 11 500 5841 -10.2 -15.9 63 5.6 -12.2 246 16 320.5 321.0 291.2 328.0 2.22 12 450 6643 -15.7 -22.4 56 6.7 -17.6 243 21 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.4 1.41 13 400 7521 -21.5 -40.7 16 19.2 -24.3 235 30 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.27 14 350 8490 -28.2 -48.6 12 20.4 -30.2 227 45 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.13 15 300 9582 -34.4 -60.0 6 25.6 -35.8 224 62 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.04 16 250 10831 -43.7 -59.1 17 15.5 -44.3 226 70 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12301 -51.0 -71.6 7 20.6 -51.4 236 68 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14137 -60.0 -80.3 5 20.4 -60.2 243 49 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16621 -66.7 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.8 268 20 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.15 m Freezing level: 619.71 mb = 4158.63 m = 13643.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.85 mb = 3845.84 m = 12617.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.39 mb = 741.76 m = 2433.55 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1724.81 m = 5658.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6291.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.68 mb = 1151.55 m = 3778.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 214.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.6 neg: -13.0 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 40.62 m/s