MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.36,-97.51 Latitude: 31.36 Longitude: -97.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 987 239 29.3 24.4 75 4.9 25.6 85 5 303.5 307.2 299.2 362.6 19.83 2 950 582 25.6 22.3 82 3.3 23.2 88 5 303.2 306.5 298.1 357.1 18.13 3 900 1056 21.7 20.3 92 1.4 20.8 92 4 303.9 307.0 297.5 354.3 16.94 4 850 1552 19.8 16.5 81 3.3 17.5 16 2 306.9 309.5 296.4 349.0 14.01 5 800 2074 17.0 12.9 77 4.1 14.3 2 7 309.3 311.5 295.5 345.0 11.76 6 750 2621 13.2 9.0 76 4.2 10.6 354 10 310.9 312.7 294.4 340.5 9.65 7 700 3198 8.9 5.4 79 3.5 6.8 347 15 312.3 313.8 293.6 337.3 8.06 8 650 3808 5.3 -1.1 63 6.4 2.0 345 21 315.0 316.0 292.3 332.2 5.43 9 600 4458 1.4 -5.0 62 6.5 -1.7 350 25 317.7 318.6 292.2 331.9 4.38 10 550 5154 -2.5 -12.4 47 9.9 -6.5 356 27 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.1 2.69 11 500 5904 -6.1 -22.4 26 16.4 -11.2 357 29 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.1 1.26 12 450 6721 -10.8 -32.3 15 21.4 -15.8 356 34 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.57 13 400 7614 -17.2 -39.1 13 21.9 -21.1 351 36 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.32 14 350 8600 -23.9 -41.2 19 17.2 -26.5 1 36 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.6 0.30 15 300 9705 -32.6 -46.9 23 14.3 -34.0 358 36 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.1 0.19 16 250 10962 -42.0 -58.3 15 16.3 -42.8 351 32 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 17 200 12437 -52.7 -68.4 13 15.7 -53.0 342 22 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14244 -64.3 -78.2 13 13.8 -64.4 284 16 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16668 -69.6 -85.7 8 16.1 -69.7 154 5 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.17 m Freezing level: 581.85 mb = 4710.55 m = 15454.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.54 mb = 4145.67 m = 13601.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.83 % Est. max temperature: 33.21 C = 91.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.91 mb = 864.31 m = 2835.63 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 32.52 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1281.36 m = 4203.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.52 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2425.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.44 mb = 1071.39 m = 3515.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.44 mb = 1930.35 m = 6333.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.44 mb = 14101.57 m = 46264.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2403.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 25.4 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 63.71 Bulk Shear: 38.07 m/s