MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 30.28,-91.05 Latitude: 30.28 Longitude: -91.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 10 28.2 24.6 81 3.6 25.6 92 3 299.8 303.3 298.1 356.8 19.45 1 1000 174 26.6 23.3 82 3.3 24.2 108 3 299.8 303.1 297.4 353.5 18.32 2 950 628 22.7 21.2 91 1.5 21.6 122 3 300.2 303.3 296.6 349.9 16.93 3 900 1097 19.0 18.8 98 0.3 18.9 147 3 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.2 15.34 4 850 1588 16.3 15.1 93 1.2 15.5 184 3 303.2 305.5 294.6 341.1 12.79 5 800 2102 14.1 10.0 76 4.2 11.5 241 4 306.2 308.0 293.2 335.3 9.66 6 750 2645 10.4 8.1 86 2.3 9.0 231 3 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.5 9.10 7 700 3216 6.9 6.5 97 0.4 6.6 194 2 310.1 311.8 293.5 336.8 8.72 8 650 3824 4.8 1.3 78 3.5 2.8 197 6 314.3 315.6 293.0 334.7 6.46 9 600 4475 1.8 -5.8 57 7.6 -1.9 214 10 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.6 4.14 10 550 5170 -2.6 -10.5 55 7.9 -6.0 231 12 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.3 3.13 11 500 5919 -7.2 -11.8 70 4.6 -9.1 239 13 324.3 324.9 293.0 334.7 3.11 12 450 6733 -11.6 -14.7 78 3.1 -12.8 239 13 328.7 329.2 293.8 338.0 2.72 13 400 7627 -16.9 -26.5 43 9.6 -19.4 238 11 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.0 1.10 14 350 8615 -23.4 -43.1 15 19.7 -26.1 255 12 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 15 300 9723 -31.7 -57.7 6 26.0 -33.6 293 13 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 16 250 10983 -42.0 -58.3 15 16.3 -42.8 273 12 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.06 17 200 12452 -54.2 -56.2 78 2.1 -54.2 259 16 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.4 0.09 18 150 14243 -65.8 -71.2 47 5.4 -65.9 11 3 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16673 -68.2 -85.7 6 17.5 -68.3 101 13 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.14 m Freezing level: 579.65 mb = 4757.87 m = 15609.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.79 mb = 4210.94 m = 13815.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.40 mb = 467.11 m = 1532.48 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 21.46 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 793.52 m = 2603.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.09 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 38.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1630.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.29 mb = 735.39 m = 2412.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.29 mb = 875.37 m = 2871.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.29 mb = 13344.72 m = 43781.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1621.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 229.65 Bulk Shear: 7.10 m/s