MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 7Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.78,-90.25 Latitude: 38.78 Longitude: -90.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 158 20.4 19.2 93 1.1 19.6 78 3 293.4 295.9 292.7 333.7 14.16 1 1000 171 21.4 20.2 93 1.2 20.6 93 4 294.6 297.3 293.7 337.6 15.05 2 950 618 21.2 17.1 77 4.1 18.4 143 12 298.7 301.0 293.4 336.5 13.00 3 900 1084 17.8 15.1 84 2.7 16.0 148 8 299.8 302.0 293.1 335.1 12.05 4 850 1571 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.1 162 2 301.1 302.9 291.6 329.6 9.66 5 800 2081 11.0 5.6 69 5.4 7.9 252 5 302.9 304.2 290.0 324.3 7.13 6 750 2616 7.9 -2.5 48 10.4 2.8 254 6 305.2 306.0 288.2 318.2 4.24 7 700 3182 5.5 -18.6 16 24.0 -2.9 306 7 308.5 308.8 286.3 312.7 1.26 8 650 3783 2.2 -18.4 20 20.6 -4.8 314 9 311.5 311.8 287.5 316.1 1.38 9 600 4424 -2.2 -12.5 45 10.4 -6.2 299 6 313.6 314.1 289.2 321.5 2.43 10 550 5109 -7.1 -11.1 73 4.0 -8.7 278 4 315.7 316.2 290.4 325.4 2.98 11 500 5845 -11.5 -17.1 63 5.7 -13.3 289 6 319.0 319.4 290.5 325.7 1.99 12 450 6645 -16.1 -24.6 48 8.5 -18.3 318 10 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.0 1.15 13 400 7522 -21.5 -30.4 44 8.9 -23.3 320 17 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.8 0.76 14 350 8492 -28.2 -36.9 43 8.7 -29.5 314 15 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.46 15 300 9578 -36.9 -43.7 49 6.8 -37.5 303 14 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.27 16 250 10810 -47.3 -53.2 51 5.9 -47.6 288 14 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.11 17 200 12282 -46.8 -71.0 5 24.3 -47.4 265 28 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 14150 -56.7 -78.4 5 21.8 -57.0 286 26 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16673 -63.7 -87.2 3 23.5 -63.9 259 9 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.03 m Freezing level: 624.49 mb = 4110.35 m = 13485.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.08 mb = 2892.86 m = 9490.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.53 mb = 298.21 m = 978.36 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 24.97 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1305.04 m = 4281.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 12.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 575.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.79 mb = 990.83 m = 3250.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.79 mb = 1622.50 m = 5323.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.79 mb = 10681.89 m = 35045.14 ft B at Equ Level: 575.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.79 mb = 12453.68 m = 40858.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 24.23 Bulk Shear: 23.76 m/s