MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508261500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508261500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.41,-84.97 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -84.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 983 285 16.4 15.6 95 0.8 15.8 262 10 290.9 292.9 289.7 323.0 11.38 2 950 578 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 265 21 291.9 293.8 289.5 322.6 10.85 3 900 1034 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 272 25 294.0 295.7 289.4 322.1 9.83 4 850 1511 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.6 278 27 296.2 297.8 289.3 321.8 8.81 5 800 2013 6.9 6.7 99 0.1 6.8 284 28 298.5 299.9 289.1 321.2 7.74 6 750 2541 3.6 3.4 99 0.2 3.5 285 27 300.5 301.7 288.7 319.9 6.54 7 700 3098 0.6 -0.5 93 1.1 0.1 289 27 303.1 304.1 288.5 319.1 5.29 8 650 3691 -2.2 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.1 293 27 306.4 307.2 288.6 319.8 4.32 9 600 4322 -6.2 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.8 293 28 308.9 309.6 288.8 320.3 3.63 10 550 4998 -10.5 -12.0 89 1.5 -11.1 290 28 311.6 312.2 288.9 320.6 2.78 11 500 5725 -15.3 -16.9 88 1.6 -15.8 285 28 314.4 314.8 289.0 321.1 2.04 12 450 6511 -20.8 -24.0 76 3.1 -21.5 281 30 317.1 317.3 289.1 321.2 1.23 13 400 7370 -27.7 -32.1 66 4.4 -28.3 277 31 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.3 0.65 14 350 8313 -35.8 -39.3 70 3.5 -36.1 276 33 320.5 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.36 15 300 9362 -45.3 -48.0 74 2.7 -45.4 279 35 321.5 321.5 289.4 322.1 0.16 16 250 10556 -51.8 -59.2 41 7.4 -52.0 302 32 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 17 200 11997 -52.2 -72.1 7 19.9 -52.5 315 38 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13853 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 318 37 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16443 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 316 24 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.51 m Freezing level: 689.57 mb = 3221.96 m = 10570.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.78 mb = 3112.22 m = 10210.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.68 % Est. max temperature: 22.39 C = 72.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.68 mb = 385.63 m = 1265.19 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.15 mb = 783.12 m = 2569.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.26 C = 64.86 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.18 mb = 764.66 m = 2508.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.18 mb = 901.93 m = 2959.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.18 mb = 9490.36 m = 31135.98 ft B at Equ Level: 110.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.18 mb = 10447.79 m = 34277.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.0 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 315.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6.54 Bulk Shear: 17.49 m/s