MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 4Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.11,-79.34 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -79.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 113 23.5 22.1 92 1.4 22.5 35 9 296.0 299.1 295.4 344.6 16.86 1 1000 172 23.3 21.9 92 1.3 22.3 36 14 296.4 299.4 295.4 344.8 16.78 2 950 618 20.2 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 46 21 297.7 300.5 295.1 343.3 15.73 3 900 1085 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 60 14 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.4 15.16 4 850 1576 17.1 15.5 90 1.6 16.1 77 3 304.1 306.5 295.1 343.3 13.17 5 800 2093 15.3 9.2 67 6.1 11.5 64 3 307.5 309.2 293.1 335.2 9.16 6 750 2638 12.3 6.9 70 5.4 9.0 52 4 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.6 8.38 7 700 3213 8.9 4.8 76 4.1 6.5 316 2 312.3 313.8 293.4 336.3 7.74 8 650 3824 5.1 1.7 79 3.4 3.2 310 6 314.7 316.0 293.2 335.6 6.66 9 600 4473 1.6 -2.2 76 3.7 -0.4 315 13 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.3 5.44 10 550 5171 -2.1 -4.7 82 2.6 -3.4 308 17 321.6 322.5 293.7 337.5 4.90 11 500 5922 -6.3 -7.0 95 0.6 -6.7 297 16 325.3 326.2 294.4 340.4 4.54 12 450 6739 -11.4 -12.2 93 0.9 -11.7 277 16 328.9 329.6 294.4 340.2 3.32 13 400 7635 -15.8 -20.3 68 4.5 -17.3 261 19 334.4 334.8 294.6 341.2 1.90 14 350 8628 -22.6 -27.6 64 5.0 -23.8 253 20 338.3 338.6 294.9 342.5 1.14 15 300 9739 -31.2 -35.5 66 4.3 -31.9 261 23 341.4 341.5 295.2 343.8 0.62 16 250 11006 -40.3 -50.4 33 10.1 -41.0 259 30 346.1 346.2 295.9 346.8 0.15 17 200 12492 -51.5 -62.7 25 11.2 -51.8 231 37 351.2 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.04 18 150 14292 -65.9 -75.3 26 9.4 -66.0 240 39 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16703 -69.6 -84.7 9 15.1 -69.6 268 13 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.21 m Freezing level: 578.84 mb = 4768.43 m = 15644.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.46 mb = 4399.82 m = 14434.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.23 mb = 283.80 m = 931.10 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.34 mb = 596.31 m = 1956.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 180.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.10 mb = 625.94 m = 2053.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 944.10 mb = 671.59 m = 2203.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 934.10 mb = 763.61 m = 2505.24 ft B at Equ Level: 15.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.10 mb = 1737.16 m = 5699.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.3 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 15.3 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -4.7 tot: 45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.01 Bulk Shear: 25.75 m/s