MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F000.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: RUC analysis for 0300Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-97.24 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -97.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 974 389 22.1 16.7 71 5.4 18.4 96 7 297.4 299.7 292.6 333.2 12.34 2 950 611 22.7 15.1 62 7.6 17.7 104 19 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.8 11.44 3 900 1079 18.9 15.4 80 3.5 16.5 120 17 301.0 303.2 293.6 337.0 12.28 4 850 1568 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.2 142 14 302.2 304.4 293.4 336.5 11.58 5 800 2082 16.2 0.8 35 15.4 7.9 145 6 308.4 309.4 290.0 324.1 5.06 6 750 2630 14.7 -3.4 28 18.1 5.5 54 5 312.5 313.2 290.3 325.0 3.95 7 700 3208 10.9 -3.3 37 14.2 3.7 11 8 314.6 315.4 291.2 328.2 4.28 8 650 3821 6.7 -8.0 34 14.7 -0.0 358 16 316.6 317.2 290.9 327.1 3.23 9 600 4472 2.0 -15.9 25 17.9 -4.8 350 21 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.6 1.84 10 550 5166 -3.7 -22.1 22 18.4 -9.5 339 22 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.7 1.18 11 500 5911 -8.5 -25.7 24 17.2 -13.2 322 27 322.6 322.8 290.6 325.9 0.94 12 450 6719 -13.5 -26.1 34 12.6 -16.8 315 32 326.3 326.5 291.7 329.8 1.01 13 400 7603 -19.9 -32.5 32 12.6 -22.4 311 37 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.4 0.62 14 350 8578 -27.3 -42.1 23 14.8 -29.2 306 45 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 15 300 9669 -35.2 -47.0 29 11.8 -36.2 292 53 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.18 16 250 10918 -42.1 -54.1 26 12.0 -42.8 287 58 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.10 17 200 12397 -50.6 -57.5 43 7.0 -50.8 286 75 352.7 352.7 297.3 353.0 0.08 18 150 14234 -59.0 -81.3 4 22.3 -59.2 280 46 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16716 -66.1 -87.3 4 21.2 -66.2 2 9 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.10 m Freezing level: 582.58 mb = 4713.68 m = 15464.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3814.26 m = 12513.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.90 mb = 1080.11 m = 3543.62 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 12.94 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.54 mb = 3177.86 m = 10425.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.99 C = 102.19 F Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.77 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 23.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5062.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.29 mb = 1504.92 m = 4937.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 28.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -35.1 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 89.56 m/s