MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.23,-85.85 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -85.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 998 179 24.4 21.5 84 2.9 22.3 118 4 297.7 300.7 295.6 345.3 16.40 2 950 608 20.1 19.1 94 1.0 19.4 134 5 297.6 300.3 294.4 340.5 14.80 3 900 1074 17.0 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 162 6 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.4 13.18 4 850 1560 14.6 13.3 92 1.3 13.7 191 7 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.9 11.35 5 800 2072 11.8 10.2 90 1.6 10.8 200 8 303.7 305.5 292.5 332.9 9.81 6 750 2609 8.3 7.4 94 0.9 7.8 195 10 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.7 8.68 7 700 3177 4.9 3.9 94 1.0 4.3 175 11 307.9 309.2 291.7 330.0 7.25 8 650 3780 2.9 -3.2 64 6.1 -0.1 178 11 312.3 313.1 290.9 327.0 4.66 9 600 4424 -0.7 -9.5 51 8.8 -4.5 193 12 315.3 315.9 290.3 325.3 3.10 10 550 5113 -5.1 -16.2 41 11.1 -9.1 203 14 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.6 1.96 11 500 5855 -9.8 -20.2 42 10.4 -13.0 207 18 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.3 1.53 12 450 6658 -15.2 -23.0 51 7.8 -17.3 206 28 324.2 324.4 291.4 328.8 1.34 13 400 7539 -20.7 -27.3 55 6.6 -22.2 214 42 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.8 1.02 14 350 8511 -27.7 -31.5 70 3.8 -28.3 215 47 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.3 0.78 15 300 9602 -35.5 -37.3 84 1.8 -35.7 213 53 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.3 0.52 16 250 10846 -44.0 -46.7 74 2.7 -44.2 214 85 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.23 17 200 12318 -50.9 -72.0 6 21.0 -51.4 217 81 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14164 -56.6 -80.1 4 23.5 -56.9 214 37 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16666 -66.1 -82.5 8 16.4 -66.2 242 14 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.98 m Freezing level: 609.99 mb = 4295.32 m = 14092.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.11 mb = 3766.09 m = 12355.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.85 mb = 545.79 m = 1790.62 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 830.59 m = 2725.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.92 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.47 mb = 796.35 m = 2612.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.47 mb = 936.32 m = 3071.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.47 mb = 10724.54 m = 35185.08 ft B at Equ Level: 874.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.47 mb = 13572.55 m = 44528.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 221.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 71.64 Bulk Shear: 12.26 m/s