MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.34,-97.57 Latitude: 37.34 Longitude: -97.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 972 393 24.2 20.7 81 3.5 21.7 52 6 299.8 302.7 295.8 346.6 16.00 2 950 598 22.3 19.2 83 3.0 20.2 64 6 299.8 302.5 295.1 343.5 14.94 3 900 1066 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 80 6 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.1 14.14 4 850 1556 15.7 15.5 98 0.2 15.5 132 5 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.4 13.12 5 800 2070 13.1 12.0 93 1.1 12.4 167 5 305.1 307.2 293.9 338.3 11.07 6 750 2611 11.0 6.8 75 4.2 8.5 238 4 308.5 310.0 292.7 333.7 8.28 7 700 3184 7.4 3.9 79 3.4 5.4 295 11 310.6 312.0 292.6 333.1 7.27 8 650 3789 1.9 1.3 96 0.6 1.5 289 18 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.2 6.48 9 600 4430 -2.5 -2.7 98 0.2 -2.6 285 19 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.6 5.21 10 550 5117 -5.7 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 295 18 317.4 318.2 292.2 331.6 4.44 11 500 5860 -9.4 -10.2 93 0.9 -9.7 301 19 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.2 3.51 12 450 6667 -14.1 -15.8 87 1.7 -14.7 295 23 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.0 2.49 13 400 7551 -20.1 -22.5 81 2.4 -20.7 289 27 328.9 329.2 292.9 334.4 1.57 14 350 8526 -26.8 -30.1 73 3.3 -27.4 285 29 332.7 332.9 293.3 336.0 0.90 15 300 9617 -36.1 -40.2 66 4.0 -36.6 285 28 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.9 0.39 16 250 10852 -47.0 -50.1 71 3.1 -47.2 282 31 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.16 17 200 12307 -48.7 -70.8 6 22.1 -49.3 281 41 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14181 -55.7 -83.8 2 28.1 -56.0 253 20 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16691 -64.8 -87.9 3 23.1 -65.0 316 5 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.04 m Freezing level: 628.59 mb = 4063.51 m = 13331.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.45 mb = 4020.80 m = 13191.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.54 mb = 842.72 m = 2764.79 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 16.96 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1208.74 m = 3965.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.16 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.71 mb = 1107.25 m = 3632.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.71 mb = 1448.57 m = 4752.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.71 mb = 11375.59 m = 37321.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1186.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.71 mb = 14150.72 m = 46425.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.1 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 322.1 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 30.56 Bulk Shear: 39.03 m/s