MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 36.22,-75.98 Latitude: 36.22 Longitude: -75.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1019 -0 26.0 23.5 86 2.6 24.2 13 12 297.5 300.8 296.7 350.1 18.11 1 1000 168 24.4 22.3 88 2.2 22.9 15 18 297.6 300.7 296.1 347.4 17.19 2 950 619 20.8 20.0 95 0.8 20.2 16 17 298.3 301.1 295.2 343.8 15.65 3 900 1086 18.4 16.8 90 1.6 17.4 17 11 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.2 13.52 4 850 1576 16.6 15.0 90 1.6 15.5 347 7 303.5 305.8 294.6 341.2 12.68 5 800 2092 14.7 11.5 81 3.2 12.6 297 9 306.8 308.8 294.1 339.1 10.71 6 750 2636 11.8 8.5 80 3.3 9.7 285 13 309.4 311.1 293.8 337.8 9.31 7 700 3211 8.7 6.7 87 2.0 7.5 285 15 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.3 8.82 8 650 3822 5.4 2.8 83 2.6 3.9 282 15 315.1 316.5 293.8 337.8 7.23 9 600 4473 1.8 -1.5 79 3.3 0.1 275 15 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.6 5.73 10 550 5170 -2.2 -6.9 70 4.8 -4.4 269 16 321.5 322.3 293.1 335.1 4.14 11 500 5920 -6.6 -14.1 55 7.5 -9.5 261 18 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.6 2.57 12 450 6735 -11.5 -17.2 62 5.8 -13.5 255 21 328.8 329.2 293.4 336.4 2.20 13 400 7630 -16.2 -19.0 79 2.7 -17.1 256 26 333.9 334.3 294.7 341.4 2.14 14 350 8623 -21.8 -28.7 53 6.9 -23.4 248 34 339.4 339.6 295.1 343.1 1.02 15 300 9742 -28.9 -46.8 16 17.9 -30.9 245 37 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.4 0.19 16 250 11017 -39.0 -51.5 25 12.5 -39.9 238 40 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.6 0.13 17 200 12507 -51.3 -63.5 22 12.2 -51.7 231 36 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.04 18 150 14309 -66.1 -74.6 30 8.5 -66.1 246 32 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16718 -70.1 -84.4 11 14.3 -70.2 266 21 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.67 m Freezing level: 577.18 mb = 4790.82 m = 15717.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.12 mb = 4484.55 m = 14712.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.21 mb = 325.98 m = 1069.47 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.02 mb = 700.75 m = 2299.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.10 mb = 635.98 m = 2086.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.10 mb = 866.81 m = 2843.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.10 mb = 1645.06 m = 5397.10 ft B at Equ Level: 10.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.10 mb = 11777.36 m = 38639.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.2 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 327.2 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -12.3 tot: 22.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.38 Bulk Shear: 50.59 m/s