MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.8,-101.17 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -101.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 540 SFC 922 808 26.7 23.4 82 3.3 24.2 135 14 306.9 310.7 300.1 367.5 20.03 3 900 1021 25.0 21.5 81 3.5 22.5 156 16 307.3 310.7 299.2 362.4 18.24 4 850 1521 21.3 19.2 88 2.2 19.8 179 19 308.5 311.6 298.5 359.0 16.66 5 800 2047 19.5 15.8 79 3.7 16.9 213 20 311.9 314.6 297.8 355.6 14.24 6 750 2602 18.0 9.5 57 8.5 12.5 264 21 316.1 318.1 296.1 347.4 9.98 7 700 3190 14.7 -0.5 35 15.2 6.3 299 23 318.7 319.7 293.2 335.6 5.26 8 650 3810 9.5 -8.8 26 18.3 1.0 311 26 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.7 3.02 9 600 4466 3.5 -13.0 29 16.5 -3.3 311 28 320.1 320.6 291.1 328.0 2.34 10 550 5162 -3.0 -16.6 34 13.6 -7.9 307 31 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.0 1.90 11 500 5907 -9.1 -24.8 27 15.7 -13.4 306 32 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.03 12 450 6715 -13.7 -37.8 11 24.1 -18.1 308 33 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.33 13 400 7599 -19.6 -37.6 19 18.0 -22.7 309 35 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.38 14 350 8576 -26.8 -42.6 21 15.8 -28.7 325 39 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.26 15 300 9669 -34.8 -47.9 25 13.0 -36.0 332 45 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.17 16 250 10918 -43.0 -64.8 7 21.9 -43.7 336 59 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 17 200 12389 -52.5 -71.0 9 18.5 -52.9 328 64 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14207 -60.8 -80.6 6 19.8 -60.9 311 42 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16673 -67.4 -85.9 5 18.6 -67.5 92 1 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.83 m Freezing level: 573.13 mb = 4840.26 m = 15879.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.81 mb = 3952.17 m = 12966.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.83 mb = 1229.08 m = 4032.35 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 41.87 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.51 mb = 2653.42 m = 8705.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.94 C = 96.69 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -9.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -9.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 28.22 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 616.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3343.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.47 mb = 1670.65 m = 5481.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.47 mb = 3550.30 m = 11647.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.47 mb = 13780.91 m = 45212.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3330.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.3 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 323.3 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 360.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.80 Bulk Rich Number: 16.87 Bulk Shear: 198.16 m/s