MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.38,-97.27 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 993 239 23.3 22.7 96 0.6 22.9 48 3 297.0 300.2 296.3 348.3 17.72 2 950 627 21.7 21.4 98 0.4 21.5 324 2 299.3 302.4 296.5 349.2 17.12 3 900 1097 19.9 19.4 97 0.5 19.6 294 9 302.1 305.0 296.4 349.2 15.96 4 850 1590 17.3 14.8 85 2.5 15.7 279 10 304.3 306.6 294.7 341.7 12.55 5 800 2106 14.7 9.8 72 4.9 11.6 277 9 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.7 9.56 6 750 2650 12.2 2.2 50 10.0 6.6 313 10 309.8 311.0 291.2 328.3 5.97 7 700 3224 9.3 -7.3 30 16.7 1.7 322 10 312.8 313.4 289.6 322.9 3.15 8 650 3836 6.9 -11.2 26 18.1 -0.9 331 10 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.9 2.49 9 600 4489 3.4 -14.1 26 17.5 -3.7 333 11 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.2 2.13 10 550 5188 -1.0 -16.1 31 15.1 -6.7 331 10 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.7 1.98 11 500 5942 -6.0 -18.3 37 12.3 -10.3 315 6 325.8 326.1 292.3 332.0 1.81 12 450 6756 -11.4 -24.9 32 13.5 -15.2 309 10 328.9 329.1 292.5 332.9 1.13 13 400 7649 -16.8 -40.3 11 23.5 -20.8 335 12 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.29 14 350 8639 -22.5 -39.8 19 17.3 -25.2 318 12 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.8 0.34 15 300 9752 -30.8 -42.3 31 11.5 -32.2 342 24 342.0 342.0 295.1 343.2 0.31 16 250 11016 -41.5 -52.5 29 11.0 -42.2 315 11 344.4 344.4 295.5 344.9 0.12 17 200 12490 -53.3 -58.6 53 5.2 -53.5 268 11 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14293 -63.3 -82.1 6 18.8 -63.4 18 4 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16716 -70.8 -85.2 10 14.4 -70.8 53 11 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.89 m Freezing level: 561.16 mb = 5032.02 m = 16509.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.80 mb = 3612.87 m = 11853.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.34 mb = 317.00 m = 1040.00 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 26.29 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 921.89 m = 3024.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 21.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 746.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.03 mb = 756.22 m = 2481.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.03 mb = 1478.63 m = 4851.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.03 mb = 12456.23 m = 40866.41 ft B at Equ Level: 745.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.03 mb = 15100.62 m = 49542.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.4 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 345.4 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: -5.3 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 113.06 Bulk Shear: 6.60 m/s