MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.11,-84.17 Latitude: 33.11 Longitude: -84.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 990 238 21.9 21.6 98 0.3 21.7 128 6 295.9 298.9 295.2 343.7 16.60 2 950 597 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 154 11 297.5 300.4 295.0 342.7 15.59 3 900 1064 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 18.0 174 14 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.7 14.53 4 850 1553 15.9 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 184 16 302.8 305.2 294.8 342.1 13.26 5 800 2067 13.4 12.9 97 0.5 13.1 186 17 305.4 307.6 294.5 340.6 11.76 6 750 2610 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.2 188 15 308.2 310.1 294.1 339.1 10.18 7 700 3183 7.8 6.5 92 1.3 7.0 198 13 311.1 312.8 293.8 337.9 8.71 8 650 3792 4.2 3.6 96 0.6 3.8 204 10 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.6 7.64 9 600 4440 0.9 0.7 99 0.2 0.8 210 8 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.5 6.73 10 550 5137 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 207 8 321.7 322.9 294.5 340.8 5.88 11 500 5890 -6.0 -6.1 99 0.1 -6.1 201 11 325.7 326.7 294.7 341.7 4.84 12 450 6708 -10.4 -10.9 96 0.5 -10.6 201 13 330.2 330.9 295.0 342.7 3.69 13 400 7606 -15.8 -17.0 90 1.2 -16.2 208 17 334.5 335.0 295.1 343.4 2.53 14 350 8599 -22.5 -24.3 85 1.8 -23.0 209 23 338.4 338.7 295.3 343.9 1.52 15 300 9712 -31.1 -33.5 79 2.4 -31.5 205 28 341.5 341.7 295.4 344.4 0.75 16 250 10974 -42.2 -45.3 71 3.1 -42.4 197 29 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.27 17 200 12440 -53.9 -61.4 40 7.4 -54.1 204 31 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14237 -65.1 -75.9 21 10.8 -65.2 201 16 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16678 -66.9 -84.0 7 17.1 -67.1 128 9 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.69 m Freezing level: 584.42 mb = 4656.85 m = 15278.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4619.76 m = 15156.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.66 mb = 277.02 m = 908.84 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.13 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 733.10 m = 2405.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.29 C = 75.73 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.01 mb = 716.00 m = 2349.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.01 mb = 1236.48 m = 4056.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 452.01 mb = 6673.39 m = 21894.05 ft B at Equ Level: 144.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.01 mb = 10918.12 m = 35820.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.8 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 220.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.89 Bulk Shear: 8.12 m/s