MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.84,-99.84 Latitude: 32.84 Longitude: -99.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 957 499 33.0 21.8 52 11.1 24.7 128 11 310.0 313.3 299.3 363.2 17.45 2 950 565 32.0 20.6 51 11.4 23.6 121 11 309.6 312.7 298.5 359.1 16.25 3 900 1049 27.3 19.2 61 8.1 21.5 123 12 309.6 312.6 298.2 357.5 15.72 4 850 1552 23.0 17.4 70 5.7 19.0 128 10 310.3 313.1 297.8 355.5 14.83 5 800 2078 18.9 15.0 78 3.9 16.2 163 5 311.2 313.8 297.2 352.7 13.53 6 750 2630 14.7 11.6 81 3.2 12.6 240 5 312.6 314.7 296.2 348.0 11.49 7 700 3211 11.2 6.2 71 5.1 8.2 313 9 314.9 316.6 294.7 341.5 8.52 8 650 3826 7.5 -0.6 56 8.2 3.1 330 18 317.5 318.5 293.2 335.4 5.62 9 600 4479 2.6 -8.9 43 11.4 -2.6 332 24 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.8 3.26 10 550 5174 -3.2 -14.9 40 11.6 -7.6 341 28 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.6 2.19 11 500 5921 -8.0 -23.8 27 15.8 -12.6 342 30 323.2 323.5 290.9 327.1 1.12 12 450 6732 -12.9 -25.1 35 12.2 -16.2 340 35 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.0 1.11 13 400 7618 -19.1 -38.2 17 19.1 -22.4 340 40 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.35 14 350 8598 -25.9 -38.1 31 12.3 -27.7 338 39 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.41 15 300 9694 -34.0 -49.8 19 15.8 -35.3 340 41 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 16 250 10945 -43.2 -57.5 19 14.3 -43.9 332 45 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.06 17 200 12416 -52.5 -68.2 13 15.7 -52.9 330 36 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14225 -63.5 -80.1 9 16.6 -63.6 293 18 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16668 -68.3 -85.8 6 17.5 -68.4 138 5 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.31 m Freezing level: 577.93 mb = 4785.98 m = 15701.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.51 mb = 4178.49 m = 13708.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.85 % Est. max temperature: 34.08 C = 93.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.27 mb = 1914.18 m = 6280.03 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 36.05 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2345.18 m = 7694.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.85 C = 94.72 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 43.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2829.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.83 mb = 2090.73 m = 6859.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.83 mb = 2586.07 m = 8484.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.83 mb = 14066.32 m = 46148.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2803.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.7 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 9.7 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.8 neg: -8.1 tot: 105.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 28.49 Bulk Shear: 99.31 m/s