MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F029.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 2Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.50,-101.53 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -101.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 574 SFC 903 1023 27.0 17.4 56 9.6 20.2 160 10 309.0 311.6 297.0 351.4 13.98 3 900 1057 27.8 17.7 54 10.1 20.6 163 13 310.2 312.9 297.5 353.9 14.33 4 850 1561 23.6 16.3 64 7.2 18.5 174 19 310.8 313.5 297.3 353.3 13.88 5 800 2087 19.0 14.8 76 4.2 16.1 194 17 311.4 313.9 297.1 352.3 13.33 6 750 2640 15.9 10.7 71 5.2 12.5 240 12 313.8 315.9 296.1 347.4 10.82 7 700 3225 14.0 0.7 40 13.3 6.5 292 16 317.9 319.1 293.4 336.3 5.75 8 650 3844 9.4 -6.1 33 15.5 1.8 303 18 319.6 320.3 292.2 331.8 3.74 9 600 4501 3.8 -7.8 43 11.5 -1.6 315 21 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.1 3.55 10 550 5200 -2.2 -9.9 56 7.7 -5.5 317 25 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.3 3.28 11 500 5948 -7.8 -15.4 55 7.5 -10.6 321 23 323.5 323.9 292.1 331.3 2.32 12 450 6758 -13.3 -23.5 42 10.1 -16.2 316 26 326.5 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.28 13 400 7643 -19.3 -31.8 32 12.5 -21.8 303 34 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.4 0.67 14 350 8622 -26.3 -34.5 46 8.2 -27.7 290 40 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.5 0.58 15 300 9716 -35.0 -42.6 46 7.6 -35.8 294 42 336.1 336.1 293.6 337.2 0.30 16 250 10960 -44.5 -50.1 54 5.6 -44.9 306 43 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.16 17 200 12434 -50.7 -75.2 4 24.5 -51.2 285 47 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14254 -62.6 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.7 280 35 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16697 -67.4 -86.4 5 19.0 -67.5 286 7 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.06 m Freezing level: 568.43 mb = 4942.07 m = 16213.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.85 mb = 4181.21 m = 13717.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.63 mb = 2242.37 m = 7356.76 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 22.06 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.53 mb = 3338.48 m = 10952.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 34.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1979.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.27 mb = 2467.12 m = 8094.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.27 mb = 4097.10 m = 13441.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.27 mb = 12749.14 m = 41827.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1965.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.4 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 327.4 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.92 Bulk Rich Number: 14.51 Bulk Shear: 136.37 m/s