MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F044.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F044.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: 44 hour RUC valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.18,-99.02 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 958 506 27.9 23.2 76 4.7 24.4 119 12 304.8 308.3 299.0 361.6 18.98 2 950 578 26.8 22.2 76 4.6 23.4 120 13 304.4 307.7 298.3 358.1 17.99 3 900 1053 22.4 20.5 89 2.0 21.0 124 14 304.6 307.8 297.8 355.6 17.06 4 850 1550 19.8 17.3 86 2.5 18.0 163 11 306.8 309.6 296.9 351.2 14.75 5 800 2072 16.9 14.2 84 2.7 15.1 229 12 309.2 311.6 296.3 348.3 12.88 6 750 2620 13.7 10.0 78 3.7 11.3 262 16 311.4 313.4 295.1 343.2 10.34 7 700 3200 10.7 4.4 65 6.3 7.0 312 20 314.3 315.8 293.8 337.8 7.52 8 650 3813 7.1 -4.6 43 11.7 1.3 339 27 317.0 317.8 291.8 330.4 4.17 9 600 4465 2.2 -12.5 33 14.8 -3.8 347 34 318.7 319.2 290.8 326.8 2.43 10 550 5160 -2.9 -20.4 24 17.6 -8.7 345 37 320.7 320.9 290.4 325.4 1.37 11 500 5909 -7.0 -39.5 6 32.5 -13.5 346 34 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.25 12 450 6722 -11.9 -40.9 7 29.0 -17.1 348 37 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 13 400 7612 -18.0 -47.4 6 29.5 -22.0 346 41 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 14 350 8594 -25.4 -49.9 8 24.5 -27.9 347 39 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 15 300 9693 -33.7 -49.7 18 16.0 -35.0 345 37 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.14 16 250 10945 -43.0 -52.6 34 9.6 -43.6 340 39 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.12 17 200 12414 -53.3 -65.8 20 12.5 -53.5 334 39 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14220 -62.9 -79.3 9 16.4 -63.0 324 21 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.00 19 100 16659 -68.4 -86.0 6 17.6 -68.5 121 6 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.27 m Freezing level: 578.12 mb = 4769.17 m = 15646.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.74 mb = 3968.17 m = 13018.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.59 mb = 1105.86 m = 3628.10 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 36.19 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1629.50 m = 5346.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2378.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.41 mb = 1353.86 m = 4441.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.41 mb = 2131.26 m = 6992.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.41 mb = 13644.18 m = 44763.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2358.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.0 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 7.0 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.0 neg: -5.0 tot: 334.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.30 Bulk Rich Number: 13.69 Bulk Shear: 173.80 m/s