MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.22,-87.13 Latitude: 32.22 Longitude: -87.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 52 31.9 23.1 60 8.8 25.4 352 3 304.3 307.6 298.2 357.8 17.95 1 1000 135 30.7 22.3 61 8.5 24.5 345 4 303.9 307.0 297.7 354.9 17.14 2 950 594 26.2 21.1 74 5.1 22.5 338 4 303.8 306.9 297.4 353.8 16.82 3 900 1069 21.9 19.4 85 2.6 20.1 329 4 304.1 307.1 297.0 351.5 15.91 4 850 1563 18.3 16.3 88 2.1 16.9 310 4 305.3 307.9 295.9 346.6 13.81 5 800 2082 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.3 282 3 307.6 309.7 294.7 341.7 11.29 6 750 2627 12.5 8.6 77 3.9 10.1 249 5 310.2 312.0 294.1 339.0 9.41 7 700 3203 8.2 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 268 7 311.5 313.2 293.8 338.0 8.58 8 650 3811 5.3 2.9 85 2.4 3.9 287 10 315.0 316.4 293.8 337.8 7.28 9 600 4466 3.3 -2.0 68 5.3 0.5 298 10 319.9 321.0 293.7 337.7 5.52 10 550 5166 -1.3 -4.6 78 3.3 -2.9 289 8 322.6 323.5 294.0 338.8 4.97 11 500 5919 -5.9 -8.0 85 2.1 -6.9 268 9 325.8 326.7 294.3 339.8 4.19 12 450 6736 -10.7 -14.0 77 3.3 -12.0 259 11 329.8 330.4 294.3 339.7 2.88 13 400 7634 -15.9 -18.7 79 2.9 -16.8 258 11 334.4 334.8 294.8 342.1 2.18 14 350 8627 -22.0 -26.9 65 4.8 -23.2 265 11 339.1 339.3 295.2 343.6 1.21 15 300 9743 -29.9 -39.8 38 9.8 -31.3 268 14 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.8 0.40 16 250 11012 -40.5 -50.4 34 9.9 -41.2 262 17 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.5 0.15 17 200 12492 -52.6 -61.6 33 9.1 -52.8 239 23 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14286 -66.0 -76.2 23 10.2 -66.1 265 9 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16693 -71.5 -84.9 12 13.4 -71.5 43 4 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.30 m Freezing level: 564.13 mb = 4967.99 m = 16298.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.81 mb = 4562.60 m = 14968.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.43 mb = 1171.09 m = 3842.11 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 20.11 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.46 mb = 1377.61 m = 4519.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.46 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1485.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.06 mb = 1252.98 m = 4110.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.06 mb = 1502.05 m = 4927.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.06 mb = 13652.10 m = 44789.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1481.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.7 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 318.7 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 4.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 386.06 Bulk Shear: 3.85 m/s