MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.98,-88.74 Latitude: 38.98 Longitude: -88.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 999 179 20.7 19.6 94 1.1 20.0 108 3 294.0 296.6 293.2 335.5 14.55 2 950 612 19.1 16.8 86 2.3 17.6 125 16 296.6 298.9 292.6 333.4 12.77 3 900 1076 16.8 13.7 82 3.1 14.8 131 20 298.9 300.9 292.0 331.0 11.03 4 850 1561 14.1 12.5 90 1.6 13.1 139 19 300.9 302.9 292.4 332.6 10.76 5 800 2072 11.4 10.6 95 0.9 10.9 136 13 303.3 305.2 292.6 333.3 10.07 6 750 2609 8.6 7.1 90 1.5 7.7 138 11 305.9 307.5 292.1 331.5 8.47 7 700 3178 5.7 3.0 83 2.7 4.2 142 11 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.7 6.81 8 650 3781 2.0 -1.6 77 3.6 0.1 142 9 311.2 312.2 291.0 327.5 5.22 9 600 4422 -2.0 -7.6 66 5.5 -4.5 154 7 313.7 314.4 290.3 325.3 3.60 10 550 5109 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.0 -9.4 190 8 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.14 11 500 5848 -10.6 -23.4 34 12.8 -14.2 205 12 320.1 320.3 290.0 324.1 1.16 12 450 6648 -16.1 -24.4 49 8.3 -18.3 207 13 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.1 1.18 13 400 7525 -22.1 -24.4 82 2.3 -22.7 208 13 326.2 326.5 291.9 330.9 1.32 14 350 8492 -28.9 -31.1 81 2.2 -29.3 212 12 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.8 0.81 15 300 9575 -37.5 -43.6 53 6.0 -38.1 222 21 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.5 0.27 16 250 10801 -48.8 -52.2 68 3.4 -49.0 212 22 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12258 -48.9 -76.1 3 27.2 -49.4 222 36 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14132 -53.8 -80.2 3 26.3 -54.2 226 25 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16669 -63.4 -87.2 3 23.8 -63.6 269 14 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.76 m Freezing level: 625.40 mb = 4096.52 m = 13439.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.52 mb = 3799.23 m = 12464.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.46 mb = 311.73 m = 1022.73 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1318.77 m = 4326.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.65 mb = 908.95 m = 2982.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.65 mb = 3382.18 m = 11096.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.65 mb = 8641.49 m = 28351.01 ft B at Equ Level: 167.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.65 mb = 11557.72 m = 37918.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 178.9 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: -13.4 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 48.79 Bulk Shear: 3.46 m/s