MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020000F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020000F006.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 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.39,-97.39 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 992 253 25.2 23.8 92 1.4 24.2 19 3 299.0 302.5 297.6 354.5 18.99 2 950 633 22.1 21.7 97 0.4 21.8 6 4 299.6 302.8 296.8 350.7 17.46 3 900 1104 20.4 19.8 96 0.7 20.0 46 3 302.6 305.6 296.8 350.9 16.34 4 850 1598 19.2 16.9 87 2.3 17.7 216 5 306.3 309.0 296.5 349.6 14.44 5 800 2119 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.7 242 10 308.3 310.7 296.0 346.9 12.73 6 750 2665 12.2 10.5 90 1.6 11.1 272 11 309.8 311.8 294.9 342.5 10.73 7 700 3240 8.4 7.8 96 0.6 8.0 287 11 311.8 313.6 294.6 341.2 9.55 8 650 3851 5.7 3.0 83 2.7 4.1 298 13 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.4 7.31 9 600 4503 2.5 -1.0 77 3.6 0.6 308 14 319.0 320.2 293.9 338.0 5.92 10 550 5203 -1.3 -4.9 76 3.7 -3.1 316 14 322.6 323.5 293.9 338.3 4.82 11 500 5957 -6.0 -8.4 83 2.4 -7.1 317 13 325.7 326.5 294.1 339.2 4.06 12 450 6773 -10.8 -14.3 75 3.5 -12.2 313 11 329.6 330.2 294.1 339.2 2.80 13 400 7670 -16.2 -21.0 66 4.9 -17.7 319 11 334.0 334.4 294.4 340.4 1.79 14 350 8661 -22.7 -32.1 42 9.4 -24.6 310 10 338.2 338.3 294.6 341.0 0.74 15 300 9773 -31.0 -36.1 61 5.1 -31.8 294 8 341.6 341.8 295.3 343.9 0.58 16 250 11037 -41.3 -48.4 46 7.1 -41.8 249 3 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.4 0.19 17 200 12512 -53.1 -56.8 64 3.8 -53.2 148 8 348.7 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.09 18 150 14316 -63.6 -74.4 22 10.8 -63.7 78 9 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16732 -71.1 -85.2 11 14.1 -71.2 91 8 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.86 m Freezing level: 566.95 mb = 4965.73 m = 16291.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.80 mb = 4614.01 m = 15137.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.05 mb = 431.97 m = 1417.21 ft T: 23.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.09 mb = 902.11 m = 2959.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 41.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1215.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.96 mb = 800.07 m = 2624.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.96 mb = 2257.95 m = 7407.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.96 mb = 12935.10 m = 42437.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1211.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.96 mb = 16330.77 m = 53577.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 95.34 Bulk Shear: 12.75 m/s