MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 7Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.44,-97.72 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -97.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 973 355 23.0 19.8 82 3.3 20.8 121 6 298.5 301.3 294.9 342.3 15.07 2 950 567 23.6 18.9 75 4.7 20.3 138 18 301.1 303.8 295.3 344.0 14.58 3 900 1038 21.0 17.5 80 3.5 18.6 165 16 303.2 305.8 295.5 345.0 14.10 4 850 1532 19.0 11.7 63 7.3 14.3 205 5 306.1 308.0 293.6 336.9 10.25 5 800 2051 16.6 4.1 43 12.5 9.4 342 5 308.8 310.0 291.3 328.5 6.41 6 750 2597 13.0 1.1 44 11.9 6.5 326 8 310.7 311.7 291.1 327.9 5.52 7 700 3172 8.6 -0.8 51 9.4 3.7 341 11 312.1 313.0 291.2 328.2 5.16 8 650 3779 3.9 -3.2 60 7.1 0.4 352 15 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.1 4.64 9 600 4424 -0.6 -6.3 65 5.7 -3.2 349 20 315.4 316.2 291.2 328.2 3.98 10 550 5114 -5.3 -9.3 73 4.0 -7.0 340 25 317.8 318.5 291.4 329.0 3.43 11 500 5856 -10.0 -14.1 72 4.1 -11.5 338 25 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.4 2.58 12 450 6660 -14.8 -19.6 67 4.8 -16.3 343 23 324.6 325.0 291.9 330.8 1.80 13 400 7541 -20.7 -26.9 57 6.2 -22.1 350 27 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.9 1.05 14 350 8513 -27.9 -34.3 55 6.3 -28.9 337 29 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.3 0.60 15 300 9602 -35.6 -44.8 38 9.3 -36.4 331 38 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.23 16 250 10848 -42.8 -59.2 15 16.3 -43.5 332 69 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 17 200 12336 -48.9 -73.1 4 24.2 -49.5 317 70 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14184 -56.7 -62.6 47 6.0 -56.8 300 19 372.5 372.5 301.1 372.7 0.06 19 100 16678 -65.8 -86.9 4 21.1 -66.0 190 1 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.60 m Freezing level: 606.83 mb = 4336.28 m = 14226.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.85 mb = 3843.32 m = 12609.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.65 mb = 774.34 m = 2540.46 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 17.14 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2255.61 m = 7400.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1084.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.15 mb = 1359.49 m = 4460.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.15 mb = 3146.13 m = 10321.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.15 mb = 11060.41 m = 36286.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1071.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.15 mb = 14092.87 m = 46235.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 13.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.9 neg: -17.3 tot: 123.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 8.91 Bulk Shear: 121.73 m/s