MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.92,-88.83 Latitude: 38.92 Longitude: -88.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 174 25.1 20.1 74 5.0 21.6 93 5 298.4 301.1 294.8 341.9 14.97 2 950 608 20.5 17.6 83 2.9 18.5 108 7 298.0 300.4 293.6 336.9 13.43 3 900 1073 16.7 14.9 89 1.8 15.5 133 9 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.5 11.95 4 850 1559 13.8 11.8 88 2.0 12.5 140 9 300.6 302.4 291.9 330.7 10.25 5 800 2068 10.9 8.5 85 2.4 9.5 145 8 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.8 8.72 6 750 2604 7.6 4.5 81 3.1 5.9 157 6 304.8 306.2 290.6 326.2 7.07 7 700 3168 3.5 1.9 89 1.6 2.7 139 6 306.4 307.5 290.5 325.6 6.30 8 650 3769 2.6 -7.5 47 10.1 -1.9 131 4 311.9 312.5 289.5 322.6 3.34 9 600 4413 -0.4 -29.9 9 29.5 -8.1 172 2 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.6 0.53 10 550 5102 -5.1 -31.5 11 26.4 -11.4 194 5 318.0 318.1 288.7 319.8 0.50 11 500 5842 -11.2 -24.6 32 13.5 -14.7 201 8 319.4 319.6 289.7 323.0 1.04 12 450 6639 -17.0 -21.1 71 4.1 -18.1 226 12 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.3 1.58 13 400 7513 -22.7 -25.8 76 3.1 -23.4 221 15 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.5 1.17 14 350 8476 -30.4 -43.7 26 13.2 -31.8 206 20 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.23 15 300 9556 -36.9 -48.1 31 11.1 -37.8 206 30 333.3 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.16 16 250 10796 -43.9 -49.7 53 5.8 -44.2 212 37 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.16 17 200 12284 -47.9 -59.0 26 11.2 -48.3 210 35 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.3 0.07 18 150 14153 -55.2 -83.3 2 28.2 -55.5 231 28 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16669 -66.3 -87.9 3 21.6 -66.4 257 8 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.11 m Freezing level: 606.17 mb = 4333.73 m = 14218.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.94 mb = 3512.17 m = 11522.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.85 mb = 811.13 m = 2661.15 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 24.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.61 mb = 1076.84 m = 3532.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.25 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 756.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.06 mb = 1015.46 m = 3331.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.06 mb = 1157.94 m = 3798.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.06 mb = 9999.26 m = 32805.58 ft B at Equ Level: 753.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.06 mb = 12580.93 m = 41275.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.3 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 183.3 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 213.58 Bulk Shear: 3.54 m/s