MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.21,-88.87 Latitude: 30.21 Longitude: -88.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -3 28.7 24.7 79 4.0 25.8 260 7 300.4 304.0 298.4 358.2 19.66 1 1000 150 27.2 23.9 82 3.3 24.8 269 7 300.3 303.8 298.0 356.2 19.03 2 950 604 23.4 21.7 90 1.7 22.2 282 6 300.9 304.1 297.1 352.2 17.42 3 900 1075 20.3 18.4 89 1.9 19.0 289 6 302.4 305.2 295.9 346.8 15.01 4 850 1568 17.9 14.5 80 3.4 15.6 271 6 304.9 307.2 294.7 341.6 12.29 5 800 2085 14.9 11.7 81 3.2 12.8 227 4 307.0 309.0 294.3 339.7 10.83 6 750 2629 10.8 9.9 94 0.9 10.3 171 2 308.3 310.3 294.2 339.6 10.30 7 700 3203 8.7 6.9 88 1.9 7.6 241 2 312.1 313.8 294.3 339.8 8.94 8 650 3816 6.8 3.1 77 3.7 4.6 259 5 316.7 318.1 294.3 339.9 7.36 9 600 4471 3.6 -2.8 63 6.4 0.3 254 9 320.3 321.3 293.6 337.2 5.21 10 550 5172 -0.8 -10.5 48 9.7 -5.0 249 13 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.6 3.13 11 500 5925 -6.1 -16.1 45 10.0 -9.8 248 13 325.7 326.1 292.6 333.1 2.18 12 450 6740 -11.3 -19.1 53 7.8 -13.9 248 10 329.0 329.3 293.2 335.5 1.87 13 400 7634 -17.1 -23.0 60 5.9 -18.8 235 10 332.8 333.1 293.9 338.2 1.50 14 350 8622 -23.4 -29.9 56 6.4 -24.8 222 10 337.2 337.3 294.4 340.6 0.92 15 300 9731 -31.4 -39.2 46 7.8 -32.4 226 8 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.8 0.43 16 250 10994 -41.3 -56.2 19 14.8 -42.1 245 8 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 17 200 12468 -53.3 -58.9 51 5.5 -53.5 247 8 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14258 -66.7 -72.4 44 5.7 -66.7 72 1 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 19 100 16669 -70.3 -84.8 10 14.4 -70.4 95 9 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.53 m Freezing level: 559.08 mb = 5044.76 m = 16550.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.07 mb = 4510.46 m = 14797.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.13 mb = 501.02 m = 1643.75 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.56 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 880.88 m = 2889.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 36.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1690.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.68 mb = 755.23 m = 2477.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.68 mb = 991.77 m = 3253.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.68 mb = 13908.32 m = 45630.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1684.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -7.1 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4175.55 Bulk Shear: 0.40 m/s