MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.82,-85.22 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -85.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 987 261 21.7 20.3 92 1.4 20.8 103 5 296.0 298.8 294.4 340.4 15.41 2 950 591 19.2 18.6 97 0.5 18.8 114 7 296.6 299.2 293.9 338.0 14.36 3 900 1055 16.8 16.3 97 0.5 16.5 117 8 298.8 301.2 293.6 336.9 13.07 4 850 1542 14.4 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 131 7 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.08 5 800 2053 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.8 154 5 303.8 305.9 293.4 336.3 10.91 6 750 2592 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 198 6 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.7 9.65 7 700 3163 6.5 6.0 97 0.5 6.2 216 9 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.5 8.42 8 650 3768 3.3 3.0 97 0.4 3.1 215 13 312.8 314.1 293.2 335.5 7.31 9 600 4414 -0.5 -1.1 96 0.5 -0.8 213 16 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.2 5.91 10 550 5104 -5.3 -7.1 87 1.8 -6.2 222 17 317.7 318.5 292.0 330.9 4.07 11 500 5846 -10.1 -15.3 65 5.3 -11.9 238 18 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.5 2.32 12 450 6649 -15.5 -22.5 55 7.0 -17.4 249 18 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.6 1.39 13 400 7526 -22.0 -29.4 51 7.4 -23.5 249 19 326.5 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.84 14 350 8494 -28.8 -40.1 33 11.3 -30.2 244 21 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.33 15 300 9580 -36.0 -47.8 29 11.8 -37.0 250 25 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.17 16 250 10832 -39.7 -66.0 4 26.3 -40.8 268 50 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 17 200 12322 -50.6 -58.9 37 8.3 -51.0 263 66 352.6 352.6 297.3 352.9 0.07 18 150 14158 -59.0 -76.7 8 17.7 -59.2 267 46 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16644 -66.3 -87.2 4 21.0 -66.4 280 23 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.11 m Freezing level: 606.85 mb = 4325.91 m = 14192.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.20 mb = 4278.38 m = 14036.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.13 mb = 435.19 m = 1427.76 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 870.63 m = 2856.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 38.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.98 mb = 801.28 m = 2628.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.98 mb = 1131.24 m = 3711.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.98 mb = 9765.67 m = 32039.22 ft B at Equ Level: 547.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.98 mb = 11933.78 m = 39152.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 239.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 22.19 Bulk Shear: 24.85 m/s