MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F003.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 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.02,-97.07 Latitude: 33.02 Longitude: -97.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 1000 179 23.7 22.4 92 1.3 22.8 62 1 296.9 300.0 296.0 346.9 17.30 2 950 625 21.4 19.5 89 2.0 20.1 212 1 298.9 301.7 295.1 343.1 15.15 3 900 1093 19.5 19.1 97 0.5 19.2 253 7 301.6 304.5 296.1 347.6 15.60 4 850 1586 17.9 16.2 90 1.7 16.8 289 10 304.9 307.5 295.8 346.1 13.79 5 800 2103 14.4 11.6 84 2.8 12.6 278 11 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.9 10.79 6 750 2646 11.6 3.9 59 7.8 7.2 284 12 309.2 310.5 291.7 330.0 6.75 7 700 3221 10.0 -9.2 25 19.1 1.4 301 14 313.5 314.1 289.5 322.4 2.73 8 650 3832 6.5 -10.8 28 17.3 -1.0 295 13 316.4 316.9 290.2 324.8 2.58 9 600 4484 2.7 -11.2 35 13.9 -3.2 283 11 319.2 319.8 291.2 328.2 2.72 10 550 5183 -1.2 -15.3 33 14.1 -6.6 288 10 322.7 323.1 291.7 329.8 2.12 11 500 5935 -6.0 -20.7 30 14.7 -10.9 312 9 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.8 1.47 12 450 6750 -11.5 -25.4 31 13.9 -15.3 327 9 328.8 329.0 292.4 332.6 1.08 13 400 7642 -17.3 -34.9 20 17.6 -20.7 324 12 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.4 0.49 14 350 8631 -22.8 -59.8 2 37.0 -26.2 321 12 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 15 300 9743 -30.4 -63.5 2 33.1 -32.6 336 11 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.02 16 250 11010 -40.7 -52.8 26 12.0 -41.5 316 11 345.5 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.11 17 200 12486 -52.9 -57.7 56 4.8 -53.1 257 10 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.08 18 150 14291 -64.0 -81.4 8 17.4 -64.1 22 11 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16712 -70.0 -85.1 9 15.0 -70.1 60 13 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.71 m Freezing level: 565.40 mb = 4967.58 m = 16297.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.32 mb = 3578.41 m = 11740.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.99 mb = 344.39 m = 1129.86 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 25.24 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1297.79 m = 4257.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 21.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.48 mb = 813.91 m = 2670.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.48 mb = 2161.65 m = 7091.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.48 mb = 2820.25 m = 9252.67 ft B at Equ Level: 20.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.48 mb = 12661.89 m = 41541.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.0 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 319.0 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 16.80 Bulk Shear: 14.08 m/s