MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F049.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F049.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: 49 hour RUC valid 4Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.19,-87.77 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -87.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 997 207 21.8 20.0 90 1.8 20.6 30 2 295.2 297.9 293.9 338.1 14.94 2 950 623 21.1 15.2 69 5.8 17.2 143 12 298.6 300.7 292.3 332.1 11.52 3 900 1089 17.7 13.7 78 4.0 15.1 129 19 299.7 301.8 292.3 332.0 11.03 4 850 1575 13.7 12.1 91 1.5 12.7 129 22 300.4 302.4 292.1 331.4 10.52 5 800 2084 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 141 21 302.3 304.1 292.2 331.5 9.87 6 750 2621 8.3 8.2 99 0.1 8.3 156 16 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.2 9.16 7 700 3189 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.3 157 14 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.95 8 650 3792 2.1 0.5 89 1.6 1.2 152 12 311.3 312.5 291.8 330.3 6.10 9 600 4435 -1.1 -5.8 70 4.7 -3.3 154 10 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.0 4.13 10 550 5124 -5.4 -11.9 60 6.5 -8.0 168 7 317.7 318.2 290.8 326.8 2.78 11 500 5864 -10.7 -16.9 60 6.2 -12.8 196 7 320.0 320.4 290.8 326.8 2.03 12 450 6663 -17.0 -21.6 67 4.6 -18.3 193 11 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.1 1.51 13 400 7539 -21.6 -23.6 84 2.0 -22.1 190 14 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.0 1.43 14 350 8510 -27.8 -29.7 84 1.9 -28.2 205 19 331.3 331.4 293.0 334.6 0.93 15 300 9597 -36.8 -38.7 82 1.9 -37.0 206 25 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.2 0.45 16 250 10831 -47.0 -49.3 77 2.3 -47.1 207 35 336.2 336.2 293.6 336.9 0.17 17 200 12282 -53.6 -69.8 12 16.2 -53.9 214 68 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14122 -55.4 -82.6 2 27.2 -55.8 232 29 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16657 -62.4 -86.3 3 23.9 -62.6 261 15 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.45 m Freezing level: 617.63 mb = 4207.95 m = 13805.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.56 mb = 3959.53 m = 12990.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.30 mb = 430.33 m = 1411.84 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1472.44 m = 4830.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.34 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.62 mb = 1207.05 m = 3960.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.62 mb = 1850.27 m = 6070.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 382.62 mb = 7862.15 m = 25794.13 ft B at Equ Level: 155.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.62 mb = 10760.22 m = 35302.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.9 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 178.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 77.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 41.60 Bulk Shear: 3.76 m/s