MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F032.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F032.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: 32 hour RUC valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.85,-101.20 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -101.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 537 SFC 917 856 25.9 23.4 86 2.5 24.1 130 15 306.6 310.4 300.1 367.6 20.20 3 900 1017 24.5 22.0 86 2.5 22.7 137 17 306.8 310.3 299.4 363.5 18.80 4 850 1517 21.4 19.5 89 1.9 20.1 164 19 308.6 311.8 298.8 360.4 17.06 5 800 2043 19.4 16.4 83 3.0 17.3 200 20 311.8 314.6 298.2 357.4 14.86 6 750 2598 17.8 10.9 64 6.8 13.3 252 19 315.9 318.0 296.7 350.3 11.03 7 700 3185 14.4 2.5 44 11.9 7.5 291 23 318.4 319.7 294.1 339.3 6.55 8 650 3805 9.4 -7.0 31 16.3 1.5 305 27 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.0 3.48 9 600 4461 3.3 -13.8 27 17.1 -3.6 309 28 320.0 320.4 291.0 327.3 2.19 10 550 5157 -3.1 -18.4 30 15.3 -8.4 308 29 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.9 1.63 11 500 5902 -9.0 -27.5 21 18.6 -13.7 309 32 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.80 12 450 6710 -13.6 -34.5 15 20.9 -17.9 314 37 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.45 13 400 7594 -19.7 -35.1 24 15.5 -22.5 320 37 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.2 0.48 14 350 8571 -26.7 -39.8 28 13.1 -28.5 332 39 332.8 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.34 15 300 9664 -34.8 -45.0 35 10.2 -35.8 333 44 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.23 16 250 10915 -42.6 -64.0 8 21.4 -43.4 340 66 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12387 -52.5 -71.0 9 18.5 -52.8 331 67 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14204 -61.0 -80.2 6 19.1 -61.2 314 44 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16671 -67.2 -86.1 5 18.9 -67.2 118 0 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.51 m Freezing level: 574.18 mb = 4820.80 m = 15816.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.44 mb = 3991.16 m = 13094.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.43 mb = 1169.61 m = 3837.27 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 42.66 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2333.44 m = 7655.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -9.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -9.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.40 C Cross Totals Index: 28.50 C K Index: 38.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3478.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.75 mb = 1643.08 m = 5390.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.75 mb = 3517.64 m = 11540.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.75 mb = 14089.11 m = 46223.56 ft B at Equ Level: 3447.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.4 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 324.4 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 386.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.37 Bulk Rich Number: 14.88 Bulk Shear: 233.76 m/s