MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F008.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 17Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.37,-83.39 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -83.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 979 347 21.6 17.6 78 4.0 18.9 97 5 296.5 298.9 292.8 334.0 13.01 2 950 611 19.0 15.7 81 3.3 16.8 108 9 296.4 298.6 291.9 330.7 11.88 3 900 1074 15.8 13.9 89 1.9 14.6 135 11 297.7 299.8 291.7 330.1 11.14 4 850 1558 13.4 13.2 99 0.2 13.3 112 7 300.2 302.2 292.6 333.2 11.26 5 800 2067 10.9 10.7 99 0.2 10.8 122 5 302.8 304.6 292.5 333.0 10.17 6 750 2605 8.1 7.9 99 0.2 8.0 179 2 305.4 307.0 292.3 332.3 8.95 7 700 3173 5.9 3.3 84 2.6 4.4 256 3 309.0 310.3 291.8 330.3 6.95 8 650 3777 2.9 -5.1 56 8.0 -0.9 254 7 312.3 313.1 290.3 325.1 4.04 9 600 4420 -0.7 -14.0 36 13.3 -5.8 258 13 315.3 315.7 289.5 322.4 2.15 10 550 5110 -4.8 -19.5 31 14.7 -9.6 255 15 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.4 1.48 11 500 5852 -9.8 -22.8 34 13.0 -13.5 251 18 321.1 321.4 290.4 325.4 1.23 12 450 6655 -15.3 -29.7 28 14.4 -18.5 243 22 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.6 0.73 13 400 7532 -22.4 -35.0 31 12.6 -24.5 237 23 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.49 14 350 8498 -29.0 -44.4 21 15.3 -30.7 239 34 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.21 15 300 9581 -37.1 -51.2 22 14.2 -38.0 234 44 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 16 250 10819 -44.0 -57.3 22 13.3 -44.6 236 56 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.07 17 200 12298 -49.8 -59.5 31 9.7 -50.1 248 72 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.2 0.06 18 150 14146 -57.9 -81.9 3 24.0 -58.2 258 48 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16643 -65.6 -87.6 3 21.9 -65.8 271 26 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.30 m Freezing level: 609.96 mb = 4291.97 m = 14081.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.15 mb = 3675.01 m = 12056.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.17 mb = 856.24 m = 2809.16 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.81 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1438.28 m = 4718.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.34 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5982.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.70 mb = 1142.73 m = 3749.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: -19.3 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 33.69 m/s