MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030600F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030600F020.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 2Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.61,-101.43 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -101.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 538 SFC 909 937 26.2 19.4 66 6.9 21.3 93 6 307.7 310.7 297.8 355.3 15.76 3 900 1021 28.5 16.9 49 11.7 20.4 115 16 310.9 313.5 297.1 352.5 13.58 4 850 1528 25.7 12.9 45 12.8 17.1 133 20 313.1 315.2 296.0 347.3 11.08 5 800 2058 21.7 11.3 52 10.4 14.8 149 17 314.2 316.3 296.0 347.0 10.56 6 750 2614 17.4 9.9 61 7.5 12.5 189 12 315.5 317.4 296.1 347.4 10.25 7 700 3200 13.3 7.1 66 6.2 9.4 257 11 317.2 319.0 295.7 345.8 9.08 8 650 3818 7.8 3.4 74 4.4 5.2 300 18 317.8 319.3 294.7 341.8 7.57 9 600 4472 2.1 -3.0 69 5.1 -0.5 314 28 318.5 319.5 293.0 335.0 5.11 10 550 5168 -2.9 -16.1 35 13.3 -7.7 319 35 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.4 1.98 11 500 5915 -7.7 -20.0 36 12.4 -11.7 323 35 323.7 324.0 291.5 329.1 1.56 12 450 6727 -12.7 -19.1 59 6.4 -14.8 324 34 327.3 327.6 292.7 333.7 1.87 13 400 7614 -18.8 -35.0 23 16.2 -21.9 331 38 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.3 0.49 14 350 8595 -25.0 -45.8 13 20.8 -27.5 338 53 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.18 15 300 9696 -33.2 -52.3 13 19.2 -34.7 337 55 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.10 16 250 10952 -42.3 -60.3 12 18.0 -43.1 332 52 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 17 200 12427 -52.1 -68.1 13 16.0 -52.4 320 48 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14240 -62.3 -80.0 8 17.7 -62.5 332 31 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16680 -69.2 -86.2 7 17.1 -69.2 34 5 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.64 m Freezing level: 578.80 mb = 4767.26 m = 15640.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.42 mb = 4412.45 m = 14476.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.57 C = 92.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.12 mb = 1819.12 m = 5968.18 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.44 mb = 3522.56 m = 11556.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.80 C = 96.45 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 40.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1165.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.09 mb = 2935.83 m = 9631.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.09 mb = 3982.21 m = 13064.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.09 mb = 12196.95 m = 40015.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.09 mb = 15730.92 m = 51609.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.0 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 342.0 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.6 neg: -17.8 tot: 274.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.61 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 215.70 m/s