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: 29.47,-94.98 Latitude: 29.47 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 5 29.8 26.4 82 3.3 27.3 317 6 301.2 305.2 299.8 365.5 21.76 1 1000 179 28.2 24.3 80 3.8 25.3 314 6 301.3 304.9 298.5 358.9 19.51 2 950 635 24.0 21.8 88 2.1 22.4 293 7 301.5 304.7 297.4 353.4 17.60 3 900 1107 21.1 17.1 78 4.0 18.4 262 7 303.2 305.8 295.3 344.0 13.76 4 850 1601 18.9 13.5 71 5.4 15.3 267 4 305.9 308.1 294.4 340.5 11.53 5 800 2120 15.7 12.9 83 2.9 13.8 332 8 307.9 310.1 295.1 343.4 11.74 6 750 2666 12.5 8.9 79 3.6 10.3 330 10 310.2 312.0 294.2 339.5 9.59 7 700 3243 9.0 5.0 76 4.0 6.6 327 10 312.4 313.9 293.5 336.7 7.81 8 650 3853 5.1 1.9 79 3.3 3.3 332 10 314.8 316.1 293.3 336.0 6.75 9 600 4503 1.6 -1.4 80 3.0 0.0 336 10 318.0 319.1 293.4 336.4 5.76 10 550 5200 -2.1 -6.6 71 4.5 -4.2 337 8 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.5 4.25 11 500 5951 -6.2 -11.6 65 5.4 -8.5 346 4 325.5 326.1 293.3 336.0 3.14 12 450 6768 -10.7 -15.9 65 5.2 -12.6 328 3 329.7 330.2 293.9 338.2 2.45 13 400 7665 -16.1 -27.7 36 11.6 -19.0 278 8 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.6 0.98 14 350 8654 -23.5 -33.6 39 10.0 -25.4 316 3 337.0 337.2 294.2 339.5 0.64 15 300 9762 -31.9 -41.2 39 9.3 -33.1 58 6 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.7 0.35 16 250 11022 -41.3 -49.0 43 7.7 -41.9 116 11 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.4 0.18 17 200 12499 -52.9 -59.9 42 7.0 -53.1 145 15 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.06 18 150 14295 -65.1 -74.2 27 9.1 -65.2 111 9 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16705 -71.9 -85.0 12 13.1 -71.9 80 18 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.55 m Freezing level: 578.32 mb = 4805.27 m = 15765.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4506.31 m = 14784.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.29 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.71 mb = 424.90 m = 1394.03 ft T: 25.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 25.05 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 990.62 m = 3250.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2076.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.77 mb = 832.61 m = 2731.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.77 mb = 1264.63 m = 4149.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.77 mb = 13747.00 m = 45101.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2076.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.0 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 353.0 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2936.39 Bulk Shear: 0.71 m/s