MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250600F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250600F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 25 AUG 25 Station: 31.25,-76.66 Latitude: 31.25 Longitude: -76.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 2 27.6 24.6 83 3.1 25.4 235 15 299.4 303.0 298.0 356.5 19.49 1 1000 140 26.1 23.2 84 2.9 24.0 232 16 299.2 302.5 297.1 352.2 18.14 2 950 593 22.4 20.7 90 1.7 21.2 232 17 300.0 303.0 296.2 348.0 16.42 3 900 1062 19.2 17.7 91 1.5 18.2 232 18 301.3 303.9 295.1 343.3 14.27 4 850 1553 16.9 13.5 80 3.4 14.6 237 17 303.8 306.0 293.8 338.0 11.48 5 800 2068 13.9 10.6 80 3.4 11.8 240 16 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.3 10.07 6 750 2610 9.8 8.7 92 1.2 9.2 237 14 307.3 309.0 293.3 335.9 9.45 7 700 3180 7.0 5.6 91 1.4 6.2 243 12 310.2 311.8 293.2 335.3 8.16 8 650 3790 5.6 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 252 12 315.2 316.6 293.6 337.1 6.93 9 600 4442 2.3 -3.0 68 5.4 -0.4 252 18 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.3 5.10 10 550 5140 -1.5 -12.1 44 10.6 -5.9 257 23 322.3 322.9 292.2 331.5 2.75 11 500 5892 -5.8 -18.7 35 12.9 -10.3 265 23 325.9 326.3 292.2 332.0 1.75 12 450 6708 -10.7 -23.3 35 12.5 -14.5 264 18 329.7 330.0 292.9 334.4 1.30 13 400 7604 -16.6 -25.4 46 8.9 -19.0 246 20 333.5 333.7 293.8 337.8 1.21 14 350 8594 -22.8 -25.4 79 2.6 -23.5 237 28 338.0 338.3 295.1 343.1 1.38 15 300 9706 -31.0 -38.3 49 7.2 -32.0 237 29 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.5 0.47 16 250 10969 -41.6 -48.6 47 7.0 -42.1 238 27 344.2 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.19 17 200 12441 -53.8 -62.4 34 8.7 -53.9 233 29 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14231 -65.7 -74.3 29 8.6 -65.7 215 29 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16668 -68.2 -78.8 20 10.6 -68.3 191 17 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.84 m Freezing level: 569.19 mb = 4872.01 m = 15984.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.83 mb = 4376.68 m = 14359.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.09 mb = 390.04 m = 1279.64 ft T: 24.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.20 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 828.14 m = 2716.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.44 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1016.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.57 mb = 725.86 m = 2381.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.57 mb = 960.94 m = 3152.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.57 mb = 12741.58 m = 41802.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1014.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.57 mb = 16064.38 m = 52704.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -7.9 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 477.91 Bulk Shear: 2.13 m/s