MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F000.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: RUC analysis for 2100Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 29.17,-91.31 Latitude: 29.17 Longitude: -91.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 -2 30.1 24.5 72 5.6 25.9 303 11 302.1 305.7 298.7 359.7 19.47 1 1000 117 28.9 22.7 69 6.2 24.4 299 10 302.0 305.3 297.5 354.3 17.68 2 950 573 24.6 21.3 82 3.2 22.2 316 10 302.1 305.2 297.1 352.4 17.03 3 900 1045 21.4 17.9 80 3.5 18.9 330 12 303.6 306.2 295.8 346.5 14.45 4 850 1539 18.2 14.3 78 3.9 15.6 322 12 305.2 307.5 294.7 341.6 12.17 5 800 2056 15.0 11.0 77 4.0 12.4 308 12 307.1 309.1 293.9 338.5 10.38 6 750 2600 12.0 6.6 70 5.4 8.8 286 9 309.6 311.1 293.0 334.7 8.18 7 700 3176 9.5 2.2 60 7.3 5.4 256 8 313.0 314.2 292.6 333.1 6.43 8 650 3789 6.3 -0.1 64 6.4 2.8 267 6 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.7 5.86 9 600 4441 2.6 -2.3 70 4.9 0.0 325 7 319.1 320.2 293.4 336.4 5.38 10 550 5140 -1.1 -8.0 59 6.9 -4.3 339 10 322.8 323.5 293.2 335.4 3.81 11 500 5894 -5.2 -16.9 40 11.6 -9.5 337 8 326.7 327.1 292.7 333.7 2.04 12 450 6713 -10.0 -22.5 35 12.5 -13.9 2 3 330.6 330.9 293.2 335.6 1.40 13 400 7611 -16.0 -25.3 44 9.4 -18.6 65 3 334.2 334.5 294.0 338.6 1.22 14 350 8603 -22.4 -32.7 39 10.3 -24.5 70 4 338.6 338.7 294.6 341.2 0.70 15 300 9717 -30.0 -45.6 21 15.6 -31.8 34 2 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.22 16 250 10988 -39.9 -45.9 53 5.9 -40.4 184 6 346.7 346.8 296.1 347.7 0.25 17 200 12469 -52.6 -58.4 49 5.9 -52.8 141 12 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.07 18 150 14258 -67.7 -73.3 45 5.6 -67.7 91 8 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 19 100 16669 -70.6 -85.1 10 14.5 -70.6 102 15 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.34 m Freezing level: 564.81 mb = 4933.23 m = 16184.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4444.42 m = 14581.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.56 mb = 706.49 m = 2317.85 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 26.58 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1250.12 m = 4101.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 30.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1189.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.29 mb = 1003.64 m = 3292.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.29 mb = 1546.15 m = 5072.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.29 mb = 13884.54 m = 45552.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1186.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.0 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 341.0 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -23.4 tot: -15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5984.00 Bulk Shear: 0.20 m/s