MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 8Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.38,-97.75 Latitude: 36.38 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 974 358 22.5 19.7 84 2.8 20.6 67 5 297.9 300.6 294.7 341.5 15.03 2 950 579 23.3 19.2 78 4.0 20.4 129 14 300.8 303.5 295.4 344.6 14.91 3 900 1050 20.4 17.9 85 2.5 18.7 143 12 302.5 305.2 295.6 345.2 14.45 4 850 1542 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.4 174 6 303.7 306.3 295.4 344.4 13.68 5 800 2058 14.5 10.9 79 3.7 12.2 327 3 306.6 308.6 293.7 337.6 10.27 6 750 2602 12.3 2.1 50 10.2 6.6 3 6 310.0 311.1 291.3 328.4 5.94 7 700 3176 8.1 -1.5 51 9.6 3.1 331 7 311.5 312.4 290.8 326.8 4.90 8 650 3783 3.4 -3.4 61 6.8 0.0 334 10 312.8 313.7 290.9 327.3 4.58 9 600 4428 -0.4 -7.5 59 7.1 -3.6 346 17 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.3 3.62 10 550 5117 -4.8 -10.9 63 6.0 -7.3 335 25 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.3 3.03 11 500 5861 -9.0 -20.7 38 11.7 -12.6 333 30 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.1 1.47 12 450 6668 -14.3 -25.8 37 11.5 -17.3 335 27 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.03 13 400 7549 -20.9 -32.8 34 11.9 -23.1 354 27 327.8 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.61 14 350 8520 -28.4 -40.2 31 11.8 -29.9 347 28 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.33 15 300 9607 -36.1 -51.1 20 15.0 -37.1 356 43 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.12 16 250 10848 -44.4 -56.4 25 12.0 -44.9 339 67 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 17 200 12332 -48.5 -74.1 4 25.7 -49.0 323 73 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14189 -56.0 -71.4 13 15.4 -56.3 313 24 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.7 0.02 19 100 16685 -65.7 -87.3 3 21.6 -65.8 327 1 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.94 m Freezing level: 605.60 mb = 4355.23 m = 14288.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.73 mb = 3786.02 m = 12421.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.34 mb = 714.65 m = 2344.61 ft T: 22.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 18.40 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1475.11 m = 4839.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1252.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.63 mb = 1208.15 m = 3963.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.63 mb = 2842.94 m = 9327.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.63 mb = 11442.12 m = 37539.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1229.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.63 mb = 14245.83 m = 46737.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.5 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 9.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.0 neg: -12.6 tot: 84.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 15.33 Bulk Shear: 81.68 m/s