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: 34.80,-101.18 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -101.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 921 812 26.8 23.4 81 3.5 24.3 135 14 307.1 310.9 300.1 367.6 20.01 3 900 1020 25.2 21.5 80 3.7 22.5 156 16 307.4 310.8 299.2 362.4 18.20 4 850 1521 21.4 19.1 87 2.3 19.8 179 19 308.6 311.7 298.5 359.1 16.64 5 800 2047 19.5 15.8 79 3.7 16.9 213 20 311.9 314.6 297.8 355.7 14.26 6 750 2602 18.0 9.5 57 8.5 12.5 263 21 316.1 318.1 296.1 347.5 10.00 7 700 3190 14.7 -0.5 35 15.1 6.3 299 23 318.7 319.8 293.3 335.7 5.29 8 650 3810 9.5 -8.9 26 18.4 1.0 311 26 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.6 3.01 9 600 4466 3.5 -13.1 29 16.5 -3.3 311 28 320.1 320.6 291.1 327.9 2.33 10 550 5163 -3.0 -16.6 34 13.7 -7.9 307 31 320.6 320.9 290.9 327.0 1.89 11 500 5907 -9.1 -24.8 27 15.8 -13.4 306 32 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.02 12 450 6715 -13.7 -38.1 11 24.4 -18.2 308 33 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.32 13 400 7599 -19.6 -37.9 18 18.3 -22.7 309 35 329.5 329.6 292.0 330.9 0.36 14 350 8576 -26.8 -42.9 20 16.1 -28.8 326 39 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 15 300 9669 -34.8 -48.1 25 13.3 -36.0 332 46 336.3 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.16 16 250 10918 -43.0 -64.8 7 21.8 -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 14208 -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 -86.0 5 18.6 -67.5 92 1 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.24 m Freezing level: 573.04 mb = 4841.67 m = 15884.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.81 mb = 3952.22 m = 12966.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.13 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.41 mb = 1252.99 m = 4110.82 ft T: 23.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 42.05 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.73 mb = 2662.37 m = 8734.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.93 C = 96.68 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -9.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -9.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.46 C Cross Totals Index: 28.20 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 617.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3349.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.54 mb = 1690.66 m = 5546.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.54 mb = 3574.52 m = 11727.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.54 mb = 13857.70 m = 45464.33 ft B at Equ Level: 3330.61 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): 142.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 359.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.80 Bulk Rich Number: 16.92 Bulk Shear: 197.97 m/s