MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.57,-86.46 Latitude: 37.57 Longitude: -86.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 140 SFC 995 189 24.8 21.2 80 3.7 22.2 102 8 298.4 301.4 295.6 345.3 16.11 2 950 589 21.0 19.0 88 2.0 19.6 96 10 298.5 301.2 294.7 341.4 14.73 3 900 1055 17.7 16.9 95 0.8 17.2 92 9 299.8 302.3 294.2 339.6 13.62 4 850 1543 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 103 6 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.8 12.29 5 800 2055 11.7 11.5 98 0.2 11.6 140 5 303.7 305.6 293.2 335.6 10.72 6 750 2592 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 7.9 170 7 305.8 307.4 292.3 332.1 8.75 7 700 3161 6.2 0.7 68 5.5 3.2 196 7 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.1 5.74 8 650 3765 3.0 -5.3 54 8.3 -0.9 212 6 312.3 313.1 290.2 324.9 3.95 9 600 4409 -0.9 -10.6 48 9.7 -4.9 219 8 315.1 315.6 290.0 324.3 2.84 10 550 5098 -5.1 -16.0 42 10.9 -8.9 242 10 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.7 2.00 11 500 5840 -10.1 -23.1 34 13.1 -13.8 253 14 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.9 1.19 12 450 6641 -15.8 -29.3 30 13.5 -18.8 257 18 323.4 323.5 290.6 326.1 0.75 13 400 7517 -22.7 -30.9 47 8.2 -24.2 257 20 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.73 14 350 8480 -30.4 -42.3 30 11.9 -31.7 255 24 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.26 15 300 9557 -37.9 -60.1 8 22.1 -38.9 250 30 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 16 250 10801 -40.7 -63.2 7 22.5 -41.7 244 57 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.03 17 200 12299 -47.9 -77.9 2 30.0 -48.5 244 70 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.00 18 150 14150 -58.3 -81.2 4 22.9 -58.6 255 38 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16643 -65.9 -85.5 5 19.6 -66.0 271 22 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.46 m Freezing level: 611.42 mb = 4261.83 m = 13982.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.03 mb = 3627.89 m = 11902.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.07 mb = 651.83 m = 2138.54 ft T: 20.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 982.55 m = 3223.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1255.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.12 mb = 892.66 m = 2928.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.12 mb = 1130.31 m = 3708.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.12 mb = 10478.34 m = 34377.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1241.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.12 mb = 13649.95 m = 44782.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.7 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 228.7 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 50.10 Bulk Shear: 25.05 m/s