MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.57,-99.46 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -99.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 965 417 24.3 20.9 81 3.4 21.8 140 5 300.4 303.4 296.2 348.2 16.28 2 950 559 25.3 20.4 74 4.9 21.8 155 16 302.9 305.9 296.8 350.7 16.13 3 900 1036 25.1 16.6 59 8.5 19.2 190 25 307.4 309.8 296.1 347.4 13.30 4 850 1536 22.1 14.6 62 7.5 17.0 208 16 309.3 311.6 295.9 346.8 12.36 5 800 2060 18.5 11.2 62 7.4 13.7 221 11 310.9 312.9 295.0 343.0 10.47 6 750 2611 15.1 9.8 70 5.3 11.7 295 10 313.0 314.9 295.4 344.5 10.19 7 700 3193 12.2 0.9 46 11.4 5.9 345 18 316.0 317.2 292.9 334.5 5.82 8 650 3809 8.3 -11.8 23 20.1 -0.4 350 22 318.3 318.8 290.6 326.2 2.38 9 600 4462 2.3 -9.3 42 11.6 -2.8 343 26 318.8 319.4 291.5 329.2 3.16 10 550 5157 -3.6 -11.1 56 7.5 -6.7 342 35 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.6 2.97 11 500 5901 -9.8 -17.4 54 7.7 -12.3 341 43 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.7 1.95 12 450 6705 -14.5 -33.9 18 19.4 -18.4 338 42 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.48 13 400 7590 -18.1 -51.8 4 33.7 -22.1 341 46 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 14 350 8574 -25.1 -50.4 8 25.4 -27.7 352 57 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 15 300 9673 -33.5 -57.2 7 23.7 -35.1 336 56 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 16 250 10928 -41.9 -63.5 8 21.5 -42.8 322 51 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 17 200 12406 -51.6 -71.3 8 19.7 -52.0 304 42 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14223 -62.7 -79.8 8 17.1 -62.9 309 33 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16663 -69.6 -84.6 9 15.1 -69.6 65 7 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.93 m Freezing level: 580.34 mb = 4735.10 m = 15534.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.11 mb = 3768.92 m = 12365.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.20 % Est. max temperature: 34.12 C = 93.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.74 mb = 853.98 m = 2801.73 ft T: 25.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 18.32 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2699.04 m = 8855.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.82 mb = 1764.29 m = 5788.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.82 mb = 4157.16 m = 13638.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.82 mb = 11994.75 m = 39352.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1181.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.82 mb = 15425.61 m = 50608.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.4 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 1.4 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.1 neg: -11.8 tot: 247.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 220.95 m/s