MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.26,-98.05 Latitude: 37.26 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 967 433 21.1 14.9 68 6.2 17.1 133 11 297.1 299.1 291.5 329.2 11.09 2 950 589 21.2 13.8 63 7.4 16.4 136 22 298.7 300.6 291.5 329.3 10.49 3 900 1057 19.5 15.3 77 4.2 16.7 172 19 301.6 303.9 293.7 337.8 12.27 4 850 1549 18.9 13.0 68 5.9 15.0 229 14 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.4 11.13 5 800 2069 16.9 9.9 63 7.0 12.4 248 14 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.4 9.60 6 750 2617 13.9 3.9 51 9.9 8.1 258 10 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.7 6.78 7 700 3194 9.3 3.2 66 6.1 5.8 288 5 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.2 6.89 8 650 3803 4.8 -2.1 61 6.9 1.3 256 6 314.4 315.3 291.8 330.3 5.03 9 600 4450 0.3 -10.5 44 10.7 -4.3 243 6 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.8 2.87 10 550 5141 -5.0 -11.3 61 6.3 -7.5 296 8 318.1 318.7 291.1 327.8 2.93 11 500 5883 -9.9 -12.6 81 2.7 -11.0 321 20 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.5 2.89 12 450 6688 -14.8 -16.6 86 1.8 -15.4 325 29 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.6 2.33 13 400 7570 -20.3 -22.6 81 2.4 -20.9 328 27 328.6 328.9 292.8 334.1 1.55 14 350 8546 -26.6 -29.2 79 2.6 -27.2 296 24 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.4 0.97 15 300 9639 -35.2 -37.8 77 2.6 -35.5 273 32 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.7 0.49 16 250 10882 -45.3 -48.4 70 3.2 -45.4 275 56 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.19 17 200 12340 -49.8 -68.0 10 18.2 -50.2 279 61 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 18 150 14203 -58.2 -68.7 25 10.5 -58.3 279 24 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.02 19 100 16688 -66.4 -87.3 4 20.9 -66.5 314 4 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.29 m Freezing level: 597.55 mb = 4484.14 m = 14711.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.65 mb = 3945.49 m = 12944.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.56 mb = 1225.65 m = 4021.10 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.41 mb = 2999.98 m = 9842.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 428.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.53 mb = 1614.74 m = 5297.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.53 mb = 5018.73 m = 16465.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.53 mb = 7230.55 m = 23722.00 ft B at Equ Level: 60.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.53 mb = 8782.17 m = 28812.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.3 neg: -7.2 tot: 171.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 99.74 m/s