MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.21,-90.1 Latitude: 32.21 Longitude: -90.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 105 29.1 23.9 74 5.2 25.3 323 5 301.8 305.3 298.2 357.7 18.93 1 1000 156 28.4 22.6 71 5.9 24.2 329 6 301.6 304.8 297.3 353.1 17.47 2 950 610 23.9 21.2 85 2.7 22.0 332 7 301.4 304.5 296.9 351.4 16.95 3 900 1081 20.0 18.7 92 1.3 19.1 337 7 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.1 15.25 4 850 1573 17.3 15.1 87 2.1 15.8 336 6 304.2 306.6 294.9 342.4 12.83 5 800 2090 14.6 11.8 83 2.8 12.8 323 6 306.7 308.8 294.3 339.8 10.97 6 750 2633 11.4 9.3 87 2.1 10.1 309 7 309.0 310.8 294.1 339.0 9.86 7 700 3208 8.3 6.4 88 1.8 7.2 309 9 311.7 313.3 293.9 338.4 8.68 8 650 3819 5.9 2.9 81 3.0 4.2 301 9 315.6 317.0 293.9 338.5 7.27 9 600 4471 2.3 0.4 87 2.0 1.3 290 7 318.8 320.1 294.3 339.8 6.56 10 550 5170 -1.4 -3.3 86 2.0 -2.4 288 6 322.5 323.5 294.4 340.2 5.45 11 500 5924 -5.8 -7.7 86 1.9 -6.7 291 7 326.0 326.8 294.4 340.3 4.30 12 450 6742 -10.7 -12.8 85 2.1 -11.6 291 9 329.8 330.4 294.5 340.6 3.18 13 400 7638 -16.3 -18.5 83 2.2 -17.0 251 8 333.8 334.3 294.7 341.7 2.22 14 350 8630 -22.6 -29.2 55 6.6 -24.1 236 8 338.3 338.5 294.8 342.0 0.98 15 300 9744 -30.2 -39.6 40 9.4 -31.5 285 9 342.8 342.9 295.4 344.4 0.41 16 250 11012 -40.8 -53.2 25 12.3 -41.6 250 16 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.11 17 200 12488 -53.1 -58.3 53 5.2 -53.2 248 19 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.07 18 150 14281 -66.7 -73.0 40 6.3 -66.7 299 10 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 19 100 16701 -70.8 -85.7 9 14.9 -70.9 30 7 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.50 m Freezing level: 568.58 mb = 4910.46 m = 16110.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.79 mb = 4704.85 m = 15435.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.22 mb = 765.28 m = 2510.73 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 19.30 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.71 mb = 1045.38 m = 3429.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.42 C = 84.95 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1113.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.09 mb = 984.07 m = 3228.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.09 mb = 1128.32 m = 3701.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.09 mb = 13317.13 m = 43690.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1103.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.09 mb = 16404.55 m = 53820.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.0 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 339.0 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1278.97 Bulk Shear: 0.87 m/s