MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.24,-97.39 Latitude: 37.24 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 974 380 22.9 21.2 90 1.7 21.7 16 4 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.3 16.50 2 950 596 21.1 19.8 92 1.4 20.2 51 5 298.6 301.4 295.2 343.6 15.44 3 900 1064 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 18.0 83 5 300.8 303.4 295.0 342.6 14.24 4 850 1554 16.0 14.7 92 1.3 15.1 138 4 302.9 305.2 294.3 339.9 12.48 5 800 2068 13.4 10.6 83 2.8 11.6 206 3 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.6 10.06 6 750 2609 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.1 272 7 307.9 309.4 292.4 332.7 8.15 7 700 3180 5.9 3.7 86 2.2 4.6 285 13 309.0 310.4 292.0 331.0 7.16 8 650 3782 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.9 286 17 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.5 6.17 9 600 4424 -1.7 -2.6 94 0.9 -2.1 290 18 314.2 315.2 292.0 330.9 5.29 10 550 5112 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.5 300 18 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.3 4.44 11 500 5856 -9.1 -10.1 93 0.9 -9.5 303 19 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.7 3.56 12 450 6664 -13.9 -15.2 89 1.4 -14.3 299 23 325.8 326.3 293.0 334.6 2.60 13 400 7549 -19.6 -21.5 84 2.0 -20.1 292 25 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.6 1.71 14 350 8526 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 285 27 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9617 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.1 -36.1 274 24 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.44 16 250 10854 -46.6 -49.9 69 3.3 -46.8 263 21 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.16 17 200 12305 -49.6 -67.5 10 17.9 -50.1 281 39 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 18 150 14179 -55.5 -83.6 2 28.1 -55.9 262 23 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16691 -65.0 -88.2 3 23.2 -65.2 306 5 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.96 m Freezing level: 628.83 mb = 4053.85 m = 13299.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.11 mb = 3967.92 m = 13017.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.03 mb = 595.69 m = 1954.33 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1191.09 m = 3907.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1182.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.08 mb = 1005.41 m = 3298.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.08 mb = 1542.72 m = 5061.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.08 mb = 11365.49 m = 37287.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1178.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.08 mb = 14132.39 m = 46365.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 37.47 Bulk Shear: 31.55 m/s