MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F046.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F046.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: 46 hour RUC valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.73,-90.06 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -90.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 146 23.2 20.7 86 2.5 21.5 66 3 296.3 299.1 294.6 341.1 15.56 1 1000 153 23.3 20.9 87 2.3 21.6 67 3 296.4 299.3 294.8 341.9 15.79 2 950 599 19.6 19.1 96 0.6 19.2 85 6 297.1 299.8 294.3 339.8 14.76 3 900 1064 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 136 4 299.2 301.5 293.2 335.5 12.45 4 850 1551 14.5 11.7 83 2.8 12.7 195 5 301.3 303.2 292.1 331.5 10.22 5 800 2062 11.7 7.6 76 4.0 9.3 184 6 303.6 305.1 291.2 328.2 8.23 6 750 2599 8.4 5.9 84 2.5 6.9 146 5 305.7 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.78 7 700 3167 5.8 2.2 78 3.6 3.9 96 6 308.9 310.2 291.3 328.8 6.44 8 650 3772 3.7 -7.7 43 11.4 -1.4 99 5 313.2 313.8 289.9 323.8 3.30 9 600 4417 0.2 -24.1 14 24.3 -7.1 149 3 316.4 316.5 288.6 319.5 0.91 10 550 5108 -4.9 -25.4 18 20.5 -10.6 180 4 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.88 11 500 5848 -11.3 -19.4 51 8.1 -13.8 190 5 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.9 1.65 12 450 6646 -16.1 -18.0 85 1.9 -16.7 217 6 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.0 2.06 13 400 7524 -21.2 -23.7 81 2.4 -21.8 231 6 327.4 327.7 292.3 332.4 1.42 14 350 8496 -27.8 -30.8 76 3.0 -28.3 209 14 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.4 0.84 15 300 9584 -36.3 -38.7 78 2.4 -36.5 201 23 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.45 16 250 10819 -47.0 -50.2 70 3.2 -47.1 209 31 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12267 -51.9 -68.7 11 16.9 -52.2 213 38 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14121 -54.9 -82.1 2 27.2 -55.3 234 24 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16660 -63.4 -85.9 3 22.5 -63.6 266 16 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.36 m Freezing level: 597.97 mb = 4445.48 m = 14584.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.15 mb = 3608.32 m = 11838.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.34 mb = 460.08 m = 1509.43 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.68 mb = 859.60 m = 2820.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.37 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.15 mb = 753.20 m = 2471.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.15 mb = 1177.08 m = 3861.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.15 mb = 11133.84 m = 36527.92 ft B at Equ Level: 781.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.15 mb = 13384.55 m = 43912.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.3 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 176.3 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -6.6 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 224.13 Bulk Shear: 3.51 m/s