MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 11Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34,-80.92 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -80.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 88 23.3 22.3 94 1.0 22.6 25 5 295.7 298.7 295.4 344.7 17.06 1 1000 169 22.6 21.9 96 0.7 22.1 33 8 295.7 298.8 295.3 344.0 16.79 2 950 614 20.0 19.8 99 0.1 19.9 51 15 297.4 300.3 294.9 342.4 15.52 3 900 1080 18.8 16.9 88 2.0 17.5 53 9 300.9 303.4 294.5 340.7 13.54 4 850 1572 17.7 14.9 84 2.8 15.8 296 7 304.7 307.0 294.9 342.3 12.62 5 800 2089 14.9 11.0 78 3.9 12.4 278 11 307.0 309.0 293.9 338.3 10.37 6 750 2633 11.9 7.2 73 4.7 9.0 272 12 309.5 311.1 293.2 335.6 8.53 7 700 3209 9.0 5.2 77 3.7 6.8 285 13 312.4 313.9 293.6 337.1 7.97 8 650 3820 5.6 2.3 79 3.3 3.8 286 13 315.3 316.7 293.6 337.3 6.99 9 600 4472 2.0 -2.9 70 4.8 -0.5 282 12 318.4 319.4 293.0 335.0 5.17 10 550 5169 -2.1 -7.8 65 5.7 -4.7 278 10 321.6 322.3 292.9 334.3 3.86 11 500 5920 -6.3 -12.8 60 6.6 -8.9 272 8 325.4 326.0 293.0 335.0 2.85 12 450 6736 -10.9 -16.0 66 5.1 -12.8 281 7 329.6 330.1 293.8 338.0 2.44 13 400 7632 -16.0 -21.1 65 5.1 -17.6 298 11 334.2 334.6 294.4 340.6 1.78 14 350 8625 -22.3 -28.2 59 5.9 -23.7 286 14 338.7 339.0 295.0 342.7 1.07 15 300 9740 -30.0 -39.3 40 9.3 -31.3 293 18 343.1 343.1 295.4 344.7 0.42 16 250 11011 -40.1 -47.6 45 7.5 -40.7 242 18 346.4 346.5 296.0 347.3 0.21 17 200 12491 -52.2 -57.8 51 5.6 -52.4 268 21 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.08 18 150 14291 -65.8 -74.7 28 8.9 -65.9 259 26 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16695 -71.8 -84.9 13 13.0 -71.9 278 6 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.93 m Freezing level: 576.02 mb = 4805.91 m = 15767.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.93 mb = 4391.50 m = 14407.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.42 mb = 208.56 m = 684.23 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 6.69 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.00 mb = 614.19 m = 2015.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.18 mb = 612.53 m = 2009.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.18 mb = 4007.89 m = 13149.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.18 mb = 7167.63 m = 23515.57 ft B at Equ Level: 66.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 325.18 mb = 9157.40 m = 30043.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.2 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 324.2 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -19.4 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 39.75 m/s