MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 29.32,-94.37 Latitude: 29.32 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 -6 28.6 25.3 83 3.2 26.2 79 9 299.9 303.6 298.6 359.4 20.28 1 1000 181 26.9 23.9 83 3.1 24.7 90 8 300.1 303.6 297.8 355.7 18.97 2 950 635 23.1 22.6 97 0.5 22.7 96 9 300.6 304.0 297.7 354.7 18.42 3 900 1107 20.5 19.5 94 1.0 19.8 94 7 302.6 305.6 296.7 350.1 16.04 4 850 1600 17.7 15.7 88 2.0 16.4 80 4 304.7 307.2 295.4 344.5 13.34 5 800 2117 14.9 12.0 83 2.9 13.0 70 3 307.0 309.0 294.4 340.3 11.05 6 750 2660 10.8 8.1 83 2.7 9.2 35 2 308.3 310.0 293.3 335.9 9.09 7 700 3234 8.6 5.4 80 3.2 6.7 354 3 312.0 313.5 293.6 336.9 8.05 8 650 3846 6.1 2.6 78 3.5 4.1 13 3 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.4 7.13 9 600 4498 2.0 -0.7 82 2.8 0.5 46 3 318.5 319.6 293.8 337.8 6.05 10 550 5195 -2.3 -5.9 76 3.7 -4.0 11 4 321.4 322.3 293.3 336.0 4.47 11 500 5945 -6.4 -11.1 69 4.8 -8.4 350 7 325.3 325.9 293.4 336.2 3.27 12 450 6761 -11.5 -17.4 62 5.9 -13.6 357 9 328.8 329.2 293.4 336.3 2.17 13 400 7655 -16.8 -23.1 58 6.3 -18.6 360 8 333.1 333.4 293.9 338.5 1.49 14 350 8644 -23.4 -32.6 43 9.2 -25.2 21 10 337.2 337.3 294.3 339.8 0.70 15 300 9752 -31.7 -39.9 44 8.2 -32.7 8 8 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.3 0.40 16 250 11013 -42.0 -48.3 50 6.4 -42.4 5 5 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.19 17 200 12482 -53.9 -61.2 41 7.3 -54.1 23 4 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 14281 -65.0 -74.9 24 9.9 -65.1 27 12 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16684 -72.4 -85.3 13 12.9 -72.5 29 12 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.13 m Freezing level: 576.37 mb = 4827.24 m = 15837.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.01 mb = 4578.34 m = 15020.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.05 mb = 405.00 m = 1328.74 ft T: 25.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.51 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.04 mb = 727.33 m = 2386.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.37 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2210.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.03 mb = 662.75 m = 2174.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 932.03 mb = 801.94 m = 2631.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.03 mb = 13798.61 m = 45270.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2207.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 51.7 at 4.6 knts Storm direction: 81.7 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 512.52 Bulk Shear: 4.31 m/s