MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-94.98 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -94.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 3 30.0 26.3 81 3.7 27.2 316 6 301.4 305.3 299.7 365.1 21.54 1 1000 178 28.3 24.1 78 4.2 25.2 313 7 301.5 305.0 298.4 358.4 19.28 2 950 635 24.1 21.6 86 2.5 22.3 296 7 301.6 304.8 297.2 352.8 17.34 3 900 1107 21.1 16.6 75 4.5 18.1 265 7 303.3 305.8 295.0 342.9 13.35 4 850 1602 18.8 13.2 70 5.7 15.1 266 4 305.9 308.0 294.3 339.7 11.27 5 800 2120 15.7 13.0 84 2.6 13.9 335 8 307.9 310.1 295.2 343.8 11.88 6 750 2666 12.5 9.0 79 3.5 10.3 332 10 310.1 312.0 294.2 339.6 9.63 7 700 3243 9.0 5.0 76 4.0 6.6 328 10 312.4 313.9 293.5 336.7 7.81 8 650 3853 5.2 1.8 79 3.4 3.3 332 10 314.8 316.1 293.3 335.9 6.71 9 600 4503 1.7 -1.8 78 3.5 -0.2 336 10 318.0 319.1 293.3 335.9 5.58 10 550 5200 -2.0 -7.5 66 5.4 -4.6 336 8 321.7 322.5 293.0 334.8 3.97 11 500 5951 -6.2 -12.6 60 6.4 -8.8 346 4 325.5 326.1 293.2 335.3 2.91 12 450 6768 -10.7 -16.7 61 6.0 -12.9 331 3 329.8 330.3 293.8 337.8 2.31 13 400 7665 -16.1 -28.9 32 12.8 -19.2 280 8 334.1 334.2 293.6 337.3 0.88 14 350 8654 -23.6 -33.5 40 9.9 -25.5 307 3 336.9 337.1 294.1 339.4 0.64 15 300 9761 -32.0 -42.0 37 10.0 -33.2 61 5 340.2 340.3 294.7 341.5 0.32 16 250 11022 -41.3 -49.5 41 8.2 -41.9 122 11 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.3 0.17 17 200 12499 -52.9 -60.0 41 7.2 -53.1 145 15 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.06 18 150 14295 -65.1 -74.5 26 9.4 -65.2 113 9 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16705 -71.9 -85.1 12 13.2 -72.0 79 18 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.94 m Freezing level: 577.33 mb = 4819.10 m = 15810.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.28 mb = 4472.48 m = 14673.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.78 mb = 470.23 m = 1542.72 ft T: 25.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 25.40 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 1056.40 m = 3465.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1957.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.24 mb = 875.37 m = 2871.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.24 mb = 1609.19 m = 5279.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.24 mb = 13921.46 m = 45673.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1942.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.9 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 353.9 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -11.3 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 3140.25 Bulk Shear: 0.62 m/s