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: 37.37,-79.32 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -79.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 989 266 20.2 19.9 98 0.3 20.0 55 7 294.2 296.9 293.5 336.8 14.90 2 950 619 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.0 53 14 295.5 298.0 293.1 335.1 13.77 3 900 1082 16.3 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 52 14 298.3 300.6 293.3 335.9 12.92 4 850 1569 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 60 6 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.2 13.05 5 800 2084 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 216 1 305.7 308.0 294.7 341.8 12.03 6 750 2627 10.9 10.4 97 0.5 10.6 263 5 308.4 310.4 294.5 340.7 10.65 7 700 3201 8.1 7.4 95 0.7 7.6 267 9 311.4 313.2 294.3 339.9 9.26 8 650 3810 4.4 3.9 96 0.6 4.1 271 12 314.0 315.5 293.9 338.3 7.80 9 600 4458 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.3 273 16 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.2 6.48 10 550 5152 -3.0 -3.2 99 0.2 -3.1 270 18 320.5 321.5 293.9 338.2 5.50 11 500 5903 -6.9 -7.2 98 0.3 -7.1 266 20 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.3 4.45 12 450 6718 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.2 -11.9 263 23 328.8 329.4 294.3 339.7 3.22 13 400 7612 -16.6 -18.4 86 1.8 -17.2 256 24 333.4 333.8 294.6 341.3 2.25 14 350 8602 -23.2 -25.6 80 2.5 -23.8 249 28 337.5 337.8 294.9 342.5 1.35 15 300 9713 -30.8 -34.1 73 3.3 -31.4 240 31 341.9 342.1 295.4 344.7 0.71 16 250 10982 -40.2 -45.7 55 5.5 -40.6 236 45 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.4 0.26 17 200 12466 -51.6 -59.3 39 7.7 -51.8 236 55 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.4 0.06 18 150 14270 -65.0 -76.1 20 11.1 -65.1 242 48 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16710 -67.8 -85.4 6 17.6 -67.9 259 23 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.19 m Freezing level: 593.48 mb = 4548.31 m = 14922.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.48 mb = 4518.14 m = 14823.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.86 mb = 305.62 m = 1002.69 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 4.60 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 717.73 m = 2354.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.07 C = 71.73 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.40 mb = 742.03 m = 2434.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 931.40 mb = 787.88 m = 2584.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 921.40 mb = 880.31 m = 2888.12 ft B at Equ Level: 18.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.40 mb = 1655.43 m = 5431.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.6 neg: -20.1 tot: 43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 60.21 m/s