MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F048.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F048.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: 48 hour RUC valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.92,-94.45 Latitude: 30.92 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 88 24.0 23.4 96 0.6 23.6 72 2 296.3 299.6 296.4 349.0 18.24 1 1000 174 24.0 23.0 94 1.0 23.3 82 7 297.2 300.4 296.4 349.2 17.96 2 950 624 22.1 21.1 94 0.9 21.4 122 5 299.6 302.6 296.4 348.7 16.82 3 900 1093 19.6 17.1 85 2.5 17.8 146 8 301.7 304.2 294.8 342.1 13.71 4 850 1584 17.4 12.2 72 5.2 14.0 154 12 304.4 306.3 293.3 335.9 10.58 5 800 2100 14.3 7.2 62 7.1 10.0 159 10 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.5 7.97 6 750 2642 11.2 3.6 59 7.6 6.9 157 4 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.2 6.64 7 700 3215 8.4 0.8 59 7.5 4.3 85 3 311.7 312.8 291.7 329.9 5.82 8 650 3824 4.6 0.4 74 4.2 2.4 84 5 314.2 315.3 292.6 333.3 6.08 9 600 4473 1.1 -2.3 78 3.4 -0.7 29 3 317.4 318.4 292.9 334.6 5.39 10 550 5169 -2.3 -9.3 59 6.9 -5.4 315 6 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.7 3.45 11 500 5919 -6.3 -18.8 37 12.5 -10.6 300 11 325.3 325.7 292.1 331.3 1.74 12 450 6735 -10.9 -32.4 15 21.5 -15.9 304 19 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.6 0.56 13 400 7628 -17.3 -28.6 37 11.3 -20.0 315 14 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.8 0.90 14 350 8613 -24.7 -30.5 58 5.9 -25.9 321 6 335.5 335.7 294.0 338.7 0.86 15 300 9714 -33.7 -41.5 45 7.8 -34.6 317 12 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.2 0.34 16 250 10963 -44.3 -53.6 35 9.3 -44.8 301 16 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.10 17 200 12420 -55.2 -62.7 39 7.5 -55.4 326 23 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14216 -64.2 -83.1 6 19.0 -64.3 341 15 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16642 -70.1 -87.1 7 17.0 -70.2 342 13 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.77 m Freezing level: 584.29 mb = 4691.64 m = 15392.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.21 mb = 4322.93 m = 14182.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.40 mb = 162.21 m = 532.19 ft T: 24.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 928.53 m = 3046.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 28.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1183.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.03 mb = 687.38 m = 2255.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.03 mb = 1704.60 m = 5592.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.03 mb = 12805.22 m = 42011.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1175.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.03 mb = 15649.48 m = 51342.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.9 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 161.9 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 601.11 Bulk Shear: 1.97 m/s