MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.08,-91.39 Latitude: 32.08 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 20 27.1 24.8 87 2.3 25.4 359 6 298.8 302.4 298.0 356.6 19.78 1 1000 164 25.6 23.4 88 2.2 24.0 357 8 298.7 302.1 297.1 352.4 18.41 2 950 616 21.9 21.4 97 0.5 21.6 353 7 299.4 302.6 296.5 349.4 17.11 3 900 1086 19.7 18.5 93 1.2 18.9 339 6 301.9 304.6 295.8 346.3 15.07 4 850 1578 17.8 15.4 86 2.3 16.2 324 6 304.7 307.2 295.2 343.7 13.07 5 800 2095 15.3 12.5 83 2.8 13.4 309 8 307.4 309.6 294.8 341.9 11.43 6 750 2640 11.5 9.9 90 1.5 10.5 314 10 309.0 311.0 294.4 340.3 10.29 7 700 3215 8.1 6.6 90 1.5 7.2 323 11 311.4 313.1 293.9 338.4 8.74 8 650 3824 5.0 2.8 85 2.3 3.7 315 10 314.7 316.0 293.6 337.2 7.21 9 600 4475 1.5 -0.8 85 2.2 0.3 304 9 317.8 319.0 293.6 337.1 6.04 10 550 5171 -2.1 -4.4 84 2.3 -3.3 298 8 321.6 322.6 293.8 338.0 5.02 11 500 5923 -6.1 -8.8 81 2.7 -7.3 291 9 325.6 326.4 294.0 338.7 3.93 12 450 6741 -10.7 -14.3 75 3.6 -12.1 293 11 329.8 330.4 294.2 339.5 2.81 13 400 7637 -16.2 -19.2 78 2.9 -17.2 297 12 333.9 334.3 294.6 341.3 2.10 14 350 8629 -22.8 -25.2 81 2.4 -23.4 276 10 338.0 338.3 295.1 343.1 1.41 15 300 9742 -30.0 -38.2 45 8.2 -31.2 283 9 343.1 343.2 295.5 345.0 0.47 16 250 11011 -41.0 -49.5 40 8.5 -41.6 312 10 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.7 0.17 17 200 12486 -53.1 -63.5 27 10.4 -53.4 254 15 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14280 -65.8 -75.6 24 9.8 -65.8 354 4 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16692 -71.0 -85.0 11 14.0 -71.1 69 8 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.45 m Freezing level: 579.31 mb = 4762.90 m = 15626.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.39 mb = 4522.98 m = 14839.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.01 mb = 305.95 m = 1003.75 ft T: 24.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.53 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.14 mb = 669.93 m = 2197.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.34 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 37.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1077.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.37 mb = 631.08 m = 2070.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.37 mb = 769.51 m = 2524.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.37 mb = 13027.53 m = 42740.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1068.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.37 mb = 15945.25 m = 52313.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.1 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 346.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -162.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 265.31 Bulk Shear: 4.06 m/s