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: 35.58,-101.38 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -101.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 537 SFC 904 977 26.8 21.7 74 5.1 23.0 115 18 308.7 312.2 299.5 364.5 18.35 3 900 1017 25.1 20.8 77 4.3 22.0 117 18 307.3 310.6 298.7 360.0 17.44 4 850 1517 20.7 19.3 92 1.3 19.7 124 20 307.8 310.9 298.4 358.6 16.82 5 800 2041 19.3 16.4 83 2.9 17.3 168 11 311.7 314.5 298.2 357.3 14.86 6 750 2597 18.0 10.9 63 7.0 13.3 254 12 316.1 318.2 296.7 350.5 11.01 7 700 3184 14.0 3.6 50 10.3 7.8 284 17 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.5 7.11 8 650 3803 8.8 -4.4 39 13.1 2.1 297 21 318.9 319.7 292.4 332.7 4.26 9 600 4459 2.9 -10.7 36 13.6 -3.0 302 23 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.7 2.81 10 550 5154 -3.0 -18.3 30 15.2 -8.4 305 26 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.1 1.65 11 500 5899 -8.6 -28.5 18 19.9 -13.6 308 31 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.1 0.73 12 450 6707 -14.1 -28.9 28 14.7 -17.6 314 35 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.78 13 400 7588 -20.7 -29.8 44 9.0 -22.6 323 35 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.0 0.81 14 350 8561 -27.7 -37.1 41 9.3 -29.1 331 40 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.1 0.45 15 300 9652 -35.1 -43.1 44 8.0 -35.9 330 46 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.0 0.28 16 250 10900 -43.1 -63.4 9 20.4 -43.8 337 72 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12371 -52.6 -70.5 10 17.9 -52.9 329 72 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14194 -59.2 -81.3 4 22.1 -59.5 310 42 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16673 -66.2 -86.5 4 20.3 -66.4 48 3 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.29 m Freezing level: 575.67 mb = 4797.03 m = 15738.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.24 mb = 4068.94 m = 13349.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.64 % Est. max temperature: 33.59 C = 92.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.24 mb = 1627.05 m = 5338.02 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 39.35 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2767.28 m = 9078.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.47 C = 94.05 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -8.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -8.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 27.92 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3128.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.36 mb = 1802.81 m = 5914.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.36 mb = 3458.83 m = 11347.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.36 mb = 13499.57 m = 44289.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3104.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 329.7 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 266.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.61 Bulk Rich Number: 13.64 Bulk Shear: 229.35 m/s