MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 11Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.25,-85.43 Latitude: 31.25 Longitude: -85.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 92 24.3 23.7 97 0.6 23.9 90 1 297.0 300.4 296.8 351.1 18.67 1 1000 129 24.4 23.9 97 0.5 24.0 174 4 297.6 301.0 297.2 352.7 19.00 2 950 579 22.2 21.1 94 1.1 21.5 210 8 299.7 302.8 296.4 349.0 16.85 3 900 1048 19.3 18.2 93 1.2 18.5 209 10 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.8 14.72 4 850 1539 17.2 14.9 86 2.4 15.7 208 9 304.2 306.5 294.7 341.7 12.60 5 800 2056 14.4 12.6 89 1.8 13.3 206 9 306.5 308.7 294.6 341.3 11.57 6 750 2599 11.7 9.7 88 2.0 10.4 203 8 309.3 311.2 294.4 340.2 10.14 7 700 3175 8.9 7.4 90 1.5 7.9 197 6 312.3 314.1 294.5 340.9 9.24 8 650 3787 5.9 2.5 79 3.4 4.0 212 6 315.7 317.0 293.8 338.0 7.09 9 600 4439 2.7 -5.5 55 8.2 -1.3 235 13 319.2 320.0 292.5 332.9 4.23 10 550 5138 -1.6 -13.3 41 11.6 -6.3 239 20 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.5 2.50 11 500 5889 -6.4 -12.9 60 6.4 -9.0 241 23 325.2 325.7 293.0 334.8 2.84 12 450 6704 -10.8 -16.1 65 5.2 -12.8 247 19 329.6 330.1 293.8 338.0 2.43 13 400 7601 -16.0 -23.1 55 7.0 -18.1 245 12 334.1 334.4 294.2 339.5 1.49 14 350 8593 -22.5 -29.1 55 6.5 -24.0 224 9 338.4 338.6 294.8 342.1 0.99 15 300 9704 -31.4 -37.1 57 5.7 -32.3 211 12 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.1 0.53 16 250 10965 -42.0 -47.1 57 5.1 -42.4 221 17 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.5 0.22 17 200 12433 -54.3 -55.9 83 1.6 -54.4 234 12 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.10 18 150 14220 -65.8 -73.2 35 7.4 -65.8 281 5 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16648 -69.6 -83.8 11 14.2 -69.7 64 5 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.98 m Freezing level: 569.00 mb = 4872.35 m = 15985.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.45 mb = 4271.79 m = 14014.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.42 mb = 160.02 m = 524.98 ft T: 24.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.15 mb = 789.94 m = 2591.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.85 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 924.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.48 mb = 656.74 m = 2154.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.48 mb = 985.61 m = 3233.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.48 mb = 12867.80 m = 42216.69 ft B at Equ Level: 920.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.48 mb = 15734.46 m = 51621.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -8.1 tot: 13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 147.10 Bulk Shear: 6.28 m/s