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: 34.52,-101.50 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 545 SFC 901 1012 24.2 22.0 87 2.2 22.6 125 15 306.4 309.9 299.2 362.9 18.78 3 900 1023 24.2 21.9 87 2.3 22.5 128 16 306.4 309.9 299.2 362.6 18.66 4 850 1523 21.2 19.7 91 1.4 20.1 149 26 308.3 311.6 298.8 360.6 17.26 5 800 2048 18.6 16.6 88 2.0 17.2 171 26 311.0 313.9 298.1 357.0 15.04 6 750 2601 16.8 12.4 75 4.4 13.8 208 18 314.8 317.2 297.2 352.6 12.17 7 700 3188 13.9 7.1 64 6.8 9.6 274 14 317.9 319.6 295.8 346.6 9.09 8 650 3808 9.3 -2.4 44 11.7 3.1 307 23 319.5 320.5 293.2 335.5 4.94 9 600 4465 3.7 -12.3 30 16.0 -3.0 309 30 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.7 2.48 10 550 5163 -2.4 -17.5 30 15.1 -7.8 311 35 321.2 321.5 290.9 327.2 1.75 11 500 5909 -8.4 -22.3 32 13.9 -12.6 317 37 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.2 1.28 12 450 6717 -13.9 -28.9 27 15.0 -17.4 330 36 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.6 0.78 13 400 7600 -20.1 -31.7 35 11.7 -22.4 340 37 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.4 0.67 14 350 8578 -26.2 -33.2 52 7.0 -27.4 341 42 333.5 333.6 293.3 336.0 0.67 15 300 9676 -33.3 -46.7 25 13.4 -34.6 349 60 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.19 16 250 10930 -42.8 -58.6 16 15.9 -43.5 347 65 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 17 200 12400 -53.0 -68.7 13 15.7 -53.4 335 59 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14211 -61.3 -80.4 6 19.1 -61.5 324 41 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16673 -68.4 -86.0 6 17.6 -68.5 7 4 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.63 m Freezing level: 569.82 mb = 4886.21 m = 16030.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.60 mb = 4135.32 m = 13567.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.66 mb = 1292.72 m = 4241.15 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 35.76 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 2072.96 m = 6800.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.90 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -8.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -8.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.55 C Cross Totals Index: 28.10 C K Index: 42.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3183.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.38 mb = 1745.96 m = 5728.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.38 mb = 3512.58 m = 11524.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.38 mb = 14071.16 m = 46164.66 ft B at Equ Level: 3146.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 422.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.49 Bulk Rich Number: 10.43 Bulk Shear: 305.24 m/s