MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F008.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 2Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.55,-83.47 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -83.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 984 313 21.6 19.8 89 1.8 20.4 46 3 296.1 298.8 294.1 339.2 14.94 2 950 619 21.1 18.1 83 2.9 19.1 68 14 298.6 301.1 294.1 339.1 13.92 3 900 1086 17.7 15.4 86 2.3 16.1 76 15 299.7 302.0 293.2 335.7 12.30 4 850 1572 13.8 12.6 93 1.1 13.0 86 15 300.6 302.5 292.4 332.5 10.88 5 800 2081 11.2 7.6 79 3.6 9.0 97 13 303.1 304.6 291.0 327.6 8.22 6 750 2619 8.9 5.2 78 3.7 6.8 103 9 306.2 307.6 291.3 328.7 7.41 7 700 3188 7.2 -9.0 31 16.2 0.1 141 2 310.4 310.9 288.5 319.2 2.76 8 650 3793 3.6 -11.3 33 14.9 -2.6 278 6 313.0 313.5 289.0 321.1 2.48 9 600 4438 -0.4 -9.0 52 8.6 -4.1 273 12 315.6 316.3 290.6 326.1 3.22 10 550 5128 -4.1 -20.0 28 15.9 -9.3 270 17 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.1 1.42 11 500 5874 -8.5 -22.5 32 13.9 -12.7 269 20 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.0 1.26 12 450 6680 -14.7 -22.6 51 7.9 -16.9 268 23 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.6 1.38 13 400 7561 -20.5 -37.9 19 17.4 -23.3 266 31 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.36 14 350 8539 -24.6 -49.0 8 24.4 -27.3 279 41 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.13 15 300 9641 -33.2 -51.9 14 18.7 -34.7 269 40 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.11 16 250 10890 -44.4 -56.4 25 12.1 -44.9 255 47 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 17 200 12354 -52.4 -69.4 11 17.0 -52.8 260 63 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14179 -59.7 -76.9 9 17.2 -59.9 260 51 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16673 -66.4 -87.9 3 21.6 -66.5 280 23 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.45 m Freezing level: 605.20 mb = 4370.46 m = 14338.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.98 mb = 3211.50 m = 10536.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.44 mb = 542.02 m = 1778.26 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 11.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1246.04 m = 4088.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 18.78 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 219.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.41 mb = 1081.81 m = 3549.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.41 mb = 1419.27 m = 4656.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 705.41 mb = 3124.47 m = 10250.75 ft B at Equ Level: 54.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.41 mb = 10743.81 m = 35248.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.9 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 312.9 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.6 neg: -15.1 tot: 59.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.34 Bulk Shear: 65.81 m/s