MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F022.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F022.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: 22 hour RUC valid 1Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.76,-100.73 Latitude: 34.76 Longitude: -100.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 552 SFC 932 723 24.5 22.6 89 1.9 23.1 85 10 303.8 307.2 298.7 359.9 18.85 3 900 1028 22.8 20.7 88 2.1 21.3 108 15 305.0 308.2 298.1 357.0 17.37 4 850 1527 21.0 17.5 80 3.5 18.5 150 20 308.2 311.0 297.4 353.5 14.98 5 800 2050 18.3 15.4 83 2.9 16.3 188 20 310.6 313.3 297.3 353.1 13.89 6 750 2603 16.3 12.5 78 3.8 13.8 247 19 314.3 316.6 297.1 352.4 12.28 7 700 3188 13.1 6.1 63 6.9 8.8 289 23 317.0 318.6 295.2 343.7 8.50 8 650 3807 9.0 -7.5 30 16.6 1.1 316 24 319.2 319.8 291.7 330.1 3.34 9 600 4462 3.4 -16.8 21 20.2 -4.3 325 25 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.9 1.71 10 550 5159 -2.9 -20.3 25 17.3 -8.7 322 29 320.6 320.9 290.4 325.4 1.39 11 500 5904 -9.0 -27.5 21 18.5 -13.7 318 33 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.80 12 450 6711 -14.1 -40.3 9 26.2 -18.6 316 37 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.25 13 400 7593 -20.1 -45.8 8 25.6 -23.5 321 38 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.16 14 350 8568 -26.9 -52.4 7 25.5 -29.3 331 52 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.09 15 300 9663 -33.6 -56.9 8 23.3 -35.1 339 70 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 16 250 10920 -41.5 -61.4 10 19.9 -42.4 333 72 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 17 200 12401 -51.0 -70.7 8 19.7 -51.4 320 61 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14220 -62.1 -80.7 7 18.7 -62.2 325 42 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16673 -68.4 -86.1 6 17.7 -68.5 40 5 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.61 m Freezing level: 573.09 mb = 4837.03 m = 15869.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.49 mb = 3940.60 m = 12928.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.44 mb = 965.60 m = 3167.96 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 34.97 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2176.90 m = 7141.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 26.49 C K Index: 40.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2337.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.56 mb = 1551.53 m = 5090.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.56 mb = 3647.29 m = 11966.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.56 mb = 12977.44 m = 42576.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2335.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.8 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 335.8 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 490.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 489.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.98 Bulk Rich Number: 12.01 Bulk Shear: 194.69 m/s