MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F000.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: RUC analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.45,-81.21 Latitude: 35.45 Longitude: -81.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 986 269 31.7 24.2 65 7.5 26.1 106 4 306.1 309.8 299.7 365.3 19.67 2 950 604 27.4 21.4 70 6.0 23.0 131 3 305.0 308.2 298.0 356.3 17.14 3 900 1080 22.4 21.2 93 1.2 21.5 133 3 304.6 307.9 298.2 357.9 17.84 4 850 1576 19.1 17.8 93 1.2 18.2 175 3 306.1 309.0 297.1 352.0 15.28 5 800 2096 15.5 13.3 86 2.3 14.0 233 3 307.7 310.0 295.3 344.1 12.06 6 750 2641 13.2 4.4 55 8.8 8.0 248 4 310.9 312.2 292.4 332.5 6.99 7 700 3218 9.9 -1.4 45 11.3 3.9 262 9 313.4 314.4 291.4 328.9 4.92 8 650 3828 5.1 0.4 72 4.7 2.5 273 13 314.7 315.9 292.7 333.9 6.08 9 600 4479 1.9 -2.6 72 4.5 -0.4 276 15 318.3 319.4 293.2 335.3 5.28 10 550 5176 -2.4 -4.6 85 2.2 -3.5 270 15 321.2 322.2 293.6 337.3 4.94 11 500 5927 -6.7 -8.9 84 2.2 -7.7 264 16 324.9 325.7 293.8 337.9 3.91 12 450 6742 -11.1 -13.7 81 2.6 -12.2 264 15 329.2 329.8 294.1 339.3 2.95 13 400 7637 -16.4 -20.1 73 3.6 -17.6 251 14 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.5 1.94 14 350 8629 -22.3 -30.7 47 8.4 -24.1 240 18 338.7 338.9 294.8 341.9 0.85 15 300 9746 -29.3 -47.9 15 18.6 -31.3 248 31 344.1 344.2 295.5 344.8 0.17 16 250 11021 -39.1 -57.2 13 18.1 -40.1 238 36 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.07 17 200 12511 -51.1 -64.2 19 13.2 -51.4 225 41 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.03 18 150 14313 -66.4 -73.1 38 6.7 -66.5 232 38 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16724 -68.8 -84.8 8 16.0 -68.8 230 17 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.96 m Freezing level: 578.06 mb = 4784.55 m = 15697.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.66 mb = 4389.02 m = 14399.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.51 mb = 1220.80 m = 4005.19 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 28.93 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1334.19 m = 4377.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2297.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.13 mb = 1293.47 m = 4243.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.13 mb = 1443.09 m = 4734.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.13 mb = 14591.87 m = 47873.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2278.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 113.97 Bulk Shear: 20.16 m/s