MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 2Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.00,-101.01 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -101.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 552 SFC 917 866 23.9 22.1 90 1.8 22.6 134 12 304.5 307.9 298.7 359.9 18.53 3 900 1030 23.7 21.6 88 2.1 22.2 137 22 305.9 309.4 298.9 360.9 18.30 4 850 1529 20.8 19.0 90 1.8 19.5 157 27 307.9 311.0 298.2 357.7 16.47 5 800 2053 18.7 14.2 75 4.6 15.6 184 27 311.1 313.5 296.7 350.3 12.80 6 750 2606 16.8 10.0 64 6.8 12.4 217 22 314.9 316.8 296.0 347.2 10.37 7 700 3192 13.7 7.1 64 6.6 9.5 269 14 317.6 319.4 295.8 346.2 9.06 8 650 3812 8.6 3.4 70 5.2 5.5 315 18 318.7 320.1 295.0 342.7 7.56 9 600 4468 2.9 -2.5 68 5.4 0.1 317 26 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.5 5.31 10 550 5164 -3.1 -12.1 50 9.0 -6.8 312 36 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.5 2.75 11 500 5908 -9.2 -21.9 35 12.7 -13.0 312 41 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.4 1.32 12 450 6715 -14.5 -21.2 57 6.7 -16.5 319 40 325.0 325.3 291.8 330.4 1.56 13 400 7597 -20.4 -24.3 71 3.9 -21.4 327 38 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.2 1.34 14 350 8575 -25.8 -30.4 66 4.5 -26.7 336 40 333.9 334.1 293.6 337.2 0.88 15 300 9673 -33.7 -40.0 53 6.3 -34.5 347 49 337.9 337.9 294.1 339.4 0.39 16 250 10926 -42.8 -53.5 30 10.6 -43.4 348 62 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.11 17 200 12396 -52.8 -69.7 11 16.9 -53.1 337 61 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14210 -61.5 -80.5 6 19.0 -61.6 323 42 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16672 -68.4 -85.6 7 17.2 -68.5 40 4 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.55 m Freezing level: 576.04 mb = 4801.08 m = 15751.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.43 mb = 4475.26 m = 14682.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.19 mb = 1096.18 m = 3596.33 ft T: 23.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.42 C/km ThetaE index: 34.56 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.34 mb = 2299.24 m = 7543.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -9.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -8.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.99 C Cross Totals Index: 28.21 C K Index: 42.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2907.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.83 mb = 1643.28 m = 5391.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.83 mb = 3510.78 m = 11518.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.83 mb = 13654.16 m = 44796.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2888.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 407.2 neg: -8.0 tot: 399.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.24 Bulk Rich Number: 9.60 Bulk Shear: 302.77 m/s