MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 30.01,-92.75 Latitude: 30.01 Longitude: -92.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 0 30.9 25.1 71 5.9 26.5 286 7 302.5 306.2 299.1 361.9 20.02 1 1000 166 29.1 23.4 71 5.7 24.9 288 8 302.3 305.6 298.0 356.7 18.40 2 950 623 24.9 21.9 83 3.1 22.8 296 9 302.5 305.7 297.7 354.8 17.66 3 900 1096 20.9 19.8 93 1.1 20.1 310 9 303.1 306.1 297.0 351.5 16.33 4 850 1590 17.8 16.8 94 0.9 17.1 323 10 304.8 307.4 296.1 347.6 14.34 5 800 2107 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.0 345 11 307.2 309.5 295.3 344.2 12.25 6 750 2652 11.9 9.6 86 2.3 10.4 353 11 309.5 311.4 294.3 340.1 10.05 7 700 3228 8.6 5.7 82 2.9 6.9 351 10 312.0 313.6 293.7 337.5 8.24 8 650 3838 5.7 0.9 71 4.8 3.1 330 9 315.5 316.7 293.2 335.4 6.31 9 600 4490 2.5 -3.3 66 5.8 -0.5 298 9 319.0 319.9 293.1 335.1 4.99 10 550 5189 -1.4 -5.6 73 4.2 -3.4 268 10 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.4 4.58 11 500 5942 -5.6 -9.7 73 4.1 -7.5 241 9 326.2 326.9 293.9 338.4 3.65 12 450 6760 -10.4 -15.6 65 5.2 -12.3 217 8 330.2 330.7 294.0 338.9 2.52 13 400 7658 -15.7 -23.2 53 7.4 -17.9 210 10 334.5 334.8 294.3 339.9 1.48 14 350 8651 -22.5 -33.2 37 10.7 -24.6 201 9 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.0 0.66 15 300 9762 -31.2 -41.2 37 10.0 -32.5 156 7 341.3 341.4 295.0 342.7 0.34 16 250 11026 -41.0 -52.1 29 11.1 -41.7 95 2 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.12 17 200 12505 -52.5 -65.7 19 13.2 -52.8 157 9 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14301 -66.2 -76.6 22 10.4 -66.3 145 8 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16705 -70.9 -85.4 10 14.6 -70.9 105 8 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.46 m Freezing level: 568.01 mb = 4937.18 m = 16197.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.75 mb = 4399.12 m = 14432.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.20 mb = 750.93 m = 2463.65 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 26.77 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 1033.62 m = 3391.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.48 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1991.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.54 mb = 965.39 m = 3167.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.54 mb = 1110.10 m = 3642.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.54 mb = 14358.88 m = 47108.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1970.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 342.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 1068.42 Bulk Shear: 1.86 m/s