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: 29.6,-95.42 Latitude: 29.60 Longitude: -95.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 15 30.0 26.1 80 3.9 27.1 293 3 301.6 305.5 299.7 364.9 21.38 1 1000 178 28.4 24.0 77 4.3 25.2 291 5 301.5 305.0 298.3 358.0 19.16 2 950 634 23.8 22.6 93 1.2 22.9 283 6 301.3 304.7 297.8 355.6 18.42 3 900 1106 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 252 7 303.5 306.1 295.6 345.4 14.12 4 850 1601 19.3 12.2 64 7.1 14.7 241 6 306.4 308.4 293.9 338.2 10.58 5 800 2120 16.1 11.9 77 4.1 13.4 318 7 308.3 310.3 294.7 341.7 11.04 6 750 2666 12.5 8.6 77 3.9 10.0 328 8 310.1 311.9 294.0 338.9 9.40 7 700 3243 8.8 4.4 74 4.4 6.2 328 10 312.3 313.7 293.2 335.6 7.52 8 650 3853 5.0 0.7 74 4.3 2.7 328 10 314.6 315.8 292.9 334.2 6.20 9 600 4502 1.5 -2.5 75 4.0 -0.6 328 9 317.8 318.9 293.0 334.9 5.31 10 550 5199 -2.3 -7.1 70 4.7 -4.6 330 7 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.8 4.10 11 500 5949 -6.4 -11.0 70 4.6 -8.3 338 4 325.2 325.9 293.4 336.4 3.32 12 450 6765 -11.1 -15.3 71 4.2 -12.7 329 1 329.2 329.8 293.9 338.1 2.58 13 400 7661 -16.2 -31.2 26 15.0 -19.6 263 6 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.5 0.71 14 350 8651 -23.5 -35.2 33 11.7 -25.6 336 1 337.0 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.55 15 300 9758 -32.0 -41.0 40 9.0 -33.1 74 9 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.7 0.35 16 250 11018 -41.4 -49.5 41 8.2 -41.9 109 13 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.17 17 200 12495 -52.7 -62.0 32 9.3 -52.9 148 16 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14293 -64.8 -74.7 24 9.9 -64.9 107 9 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16702 -71.8 -85.5 11 13.6 -71.9 87 19 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.68 m Freezing level: 580.59 mb = 4772.76 m = 15658.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.78 mb = 4384.47 m = 14384.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.91 % Est. max temperature: 33.75 C = 92.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.56 mb = 508.24 m = 1667.42 ft T: 25.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 26.62 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 982.28 m = 3222.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.46 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.36 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 33.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2228.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.39 mb = 816.54 m = 2678.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.39 mb = 1749.62 m = 5740.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.39 mb = 14072.70 m = 46169.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2214.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.2 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 344.2 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -7.4 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1210.27 Bulk Shear: 1.84 m/s