MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508281200F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508281200F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.28,-85.52 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -85.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 986 272 20.2 16.0 77 4.2 17.5 291 9 294.6 296.7 291.2 328.1 11.71 2 950 587 16.8 14.5 86 2.3 15.3 297 14 294.2 296.2 290.5 325.6 10.97 3 900 1045 13.1 11.9 93 1.2 12.3 301 17 295.0 296.7 289.7 323.1 9.76 4 850 1524 10.0 8.0 88 2.0 8.8 306 18 296.6 298.0 288.6 319.7 7.95 5 800 2026 7.3 2.6 72 4.7 4.8 312 19 298.9 300.0 287.4 316.0 5.77 6 750 2553 3.0 -0.2 79 3.2 1.4 315 21 299.8 300.7 287.0 314.8 5.02 7 700 3107 -1.6 -2.3 95 0.8 -1.9 315 20 300.8 301.6 286.9 314.6 4.61 8 650 3698 -1.9 -13.6 41 11.6 -6.1 321 22 306.8 307.2 286.5 313.4 2.06 9 600 4329 -6.2 -20.2 32 13.9 -10.4 324 23 308.9 309.1 286.4 313.1 1.28 10 550 5003 -10.7 -31.3 17 20.7 -15.0 331 26 311.4 311.5 286.5 313.2 0.51 11 500 5729 -15.9 -34.9 18 19.0 -19.3 334 30 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.0 0.39 12 450 6511 -22.2 -38.5 21 16.3 -24.5 333 32 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.4 0.30 13 400 7364 -28.8 -43.9 22 15.1 -30.3 338 35 317.6 317.6 288.2 318.3 0.19 14 350 8306 -35.3 -54.4 13 19.1 -36.4 347 43 321.1 321.2 289.2 321.4 0.07 15 300 9360 -43.5 -56.5 22 13.0 -44.0 349 49 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.06 16 250 10564 -50.4 -62.5 23 12.1 -50.7 345 56 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.03 17 200 12016 -51.2 -69.9 9 18.6 -51.6 334 54 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 13869 -54.7 -82.9 2 28.2 -55.1 322 50 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16457 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 329 26 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.27 m Freezing level: 717.10 mb = 2917.89 m = 9573.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.65 mb = 2785.26 m = 9137.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.51 % Est. max temperature: 22.87 C = 73.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.00 mb = 794.57 m = 2606.83 ft T: 15.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.96 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 1041.55 m = 3417.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.60 C = 69.08 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.98 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 567.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.22 mb = 996.20 m = 3268.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.22 mb = 1136.72 m = 3729.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.22 mb = 9355.30 m = 30692.87 ft B at Equ Level: 565.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.22 mb = 11692.00 m = 38359.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 350.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 31.83 Bulk Shear: 17.82 m/s