MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F001.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F001.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: 1 hour RUC valid 10Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.57,-77.9 Latitude: 37.57 Longitude: -77.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 94 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 17.9 9 5 290.7 292.9 290.7 326.4 12.67 1 1000 190 18.8 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 21 11 291.9 294.2 291.4 328.8 13.05 2 950 627 16.7 13.7 82 3.0 14.8 51 21 294.1 296.0 289.9 323.9 10.39 3 900 1087 14.6 7.0 60 7.7 10.2 60 23 296.6 297.9 287.8 316.9 6.97 4 850 1567 11.8 7.8 77 3.9 9.5 53 18 298.5 299.9 289.2 321.6 7.86 5 800 2074 10.6 9.7 94 0.9 10.1 354 8 302.5 304.2 291.9 330.7 9.51 6 750 2611 8.6 8.2 97 0.5 8.3 292 11 306.0 307.7 292.6 333.5 9.13 7 700 3181 6.8 4.0 82 2.8 5.2 287 12 310.1 311.4 292.4 332.6 7.32 8 650 3788 4.1 -2.7 61 6.8 0.7 276 14 313.6 314.5 291.4 328.9 4.82 9 600 4436 1.0 -11.2 39 12.3 -4.1 269 18 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.1 2.70 10 550 5130 -2.6 -19.3 26 16.7 -8.2 264 21 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.2 1.51 11 500 5879 -6.5 -27.7 17 21.2 -12.2 262 24 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.9 0.78 12 450 6694 -11.2 -40.2 7 29.0 -16.6 267 27 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.26 13 400 7586 -17.7 -40.0 12 22.3 -21.4 268 30 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.29 14 350 8570 -24.2 -49.7 8 25.5 -27.1 251 29 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.12 15 300 9674 -32.5 -54.2 10 21.8 -34.1 257 41 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.08 16 250 10935 -41.0 -56.0 18 14.9 -41.8 259 56 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.08 17 200 12409 -53.0 -61.3 36 8.3 -53.2 248 64 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14214 -63.8 -78.6 12 14.8 -63.9 256 64 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16673 -66.9 -86.0 5 19.1 -67.0 267 23 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.30 m Freezing level: 585.92 mb = 4631.20 m = 15194.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.04 mb = 3875.23 m = 12713.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.87 C = 78.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.41 mb = 194.82 m = 639.16 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.90 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.38 mb = 1397.08 m = 4583.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lifted Index: 7.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.59 C Showalter Index: 9.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.29 C Cross Totals Index: 14.35 C K Index: 23.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8542.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.90 mb = 882.19 m = 2894.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 5.5 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -29.6 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 70.59 m/s