MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 5Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.32,-98.80 Latitude: 37.32 Longitude: -98.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 958 536 23.1 16.7 67 6.4 18.8 111 5 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.7 12.57 2 950 610 23.6 16.7 65 6.9 18.9 118 11 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.4 12.68 3 900 1081 20.9 15.5 71 5.4 17.3 149 19 303.1 305.3 294.3 339.9 12.42 4 850 1573 17.4 14.6 84 2.8 15.5 180 15 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.4 12.41 5 800 2090 15.7 11.8 78 3.8 13.1 249 12 307.8 309.9 294.6 340.9 10.94 6 750 2637 13.3 9.6 78 3.7 10.9 286 17 311.0 312.9 294.8 341.8 10.06 7 700 3215 10.1 4.3 67 5.9 6.7 297 14 313.7 315.1 293.6 337.0 7.45 8 650 3828 6.3 -4.0 48 10.3 1.2 298 7 316.1 317.0 291.7 330.2 4.38 9 600 4478 1.6 -12.0 36 13.6 -4.1 337 2 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.3 2.53 10 550 5171 -4.3 -17.4 35 13.0 -8.9 19 1 318.9 319.3 290.2 324.9 1.78 11 500 5913 -10.2 -23.1 34 12.9 -13.9 312 3 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.7 1.19 12 450 6716 -15.2 -19.6 69 4.4 -16.5 261 7 324.2 324.5 291.8 330.3 1.80 13 400 7598 -19.5 -21.4 85 1.9 -20.1 266 25 329.6 330.0 293.2 335.7 1.73 14 350 8578 -25.8 -28.8 76 3.0 -26.4 291 32 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.7 1.01 15 300 9674 -34.5 -38.2 69 3.7 -35.0 294 39 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.5 0.47 16 250 10919 -45.3 -49.9 59 4.7 -45.5 293 51 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.16 17 200 12382 -50.3 -66.6 13 16.3 -50.7 279 64 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 14228 -59.6 -74.0 14 14.4 -59.8 265 29 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16712 -66.5 -88.2 3 21.7 -66.6 74 2 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.88 m Freezing level: 586.80 mb = 4660.67 m = 15290.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.64 mb = 3970.82 m = 13027.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.49 mb = 1357.93 m = 4455.10 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 17.15 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2762.45 m = 9063.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.62 C = 94.31 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 339.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.75 mb = 1697.00 m = 5567.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.75 mb = 4710.08 m = 15452.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.75 mb = 10843.91 m = 35576.70 ft B at Equ Level: 336.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.75 mb = 12618.60 m = 41399.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -147.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 6.80 Bulk Shear: 49.93 m/s