MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F051.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 SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.96,-100.45 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -100.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 572 SFC 949 582 26.5 23.4 83 3.1 24.2 149 18 304.2 307.8 299.1 362.3 19.45 3 900 1046 22.0 20.1 89 2.0 20.6 156 25 304.2 307.3 297.4 353.8 16.65 4 850 1544 21.9 13.4 58 8.6 16.2 184 22 309.1 311.3 295.2 343.8 11.41 5 800 2069 20.3 7.8 45 12.4 12.5 218 22 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.6 8.35 6 750 2622 16.1 5.6 50 10.5 9.7 241 24 314.1 315.5 293.8 337.9 7.62 7 700 3205 11.8 4.4 60 7.4 7.4 271 27 315.6 317.0 294.1 339.2 7.51 8 650 3820 7.2 2.6 73 4.6 4.5 297 27 317.1 318.4 294.2 339.6 7.11 9 600 4472 1.4 -0.3 88 1.7 0.5 315 29 317.8 319.0 293.7 337.8 6.27 10 550 5167 -3.6 -3.7 99 0.1 -3.7 307 31 319.8 320.8 293.6 336.9 5.29 11 500 5913 -8.9 -9.9 92 1.0 -9.3 297 32 322.2 322.9 292.8 334.1 3.61 12 450 6723 -13.4 -19.7 59 6.3 -15.4 298 33 326.4 326.8 292.4 332.6 1.78 13 400 7608 -19.0 -30.4 36 11.4 -21.4 296 29 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.1 0.76 14 350 8588 -26.6 -38.7 31 12.1 -28.3 307 32 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 15 300 9680 -35.2 -45.5 34 10.4 -36.1 311 29 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 16 250 10924 -44.8 -54.7 32 9.9 -45.2 319 26 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12382 -54.2 -70.7 12 16.5 -54.5 310 28 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 14200 -61.2 -79.6 7 18.4 -61.3 296 26 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16653 -67.8 -86.5 5 18.6 -67.9 46 4 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.17 m Freezing level: 585.74 mb = 4670.51 m = 15323.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.13 mb = 4550.85 m = 14930.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.89 % Est. max temperature: 34.97 C = 94.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.49 mb = 973.40 m = 3193.52 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 24.39 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.47 mb = 2559.74 m = 8398.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -7.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2340.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.92 mb = 1544.56 m = 5067.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.92 mb = 3385.42 m = 11106.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.92 mb = 13228.18 m = 43399.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2318.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 381.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.39 Bulk Rich Number: 9.49 Bulk Shear: 246.76 m/s