MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 6Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 38.24,-98.21 Latitude: 38.24 Longitude: -98.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 958 507 19.5 19.1 98 0.4 19.2 146 6 296.2 298.9 294.0 338.5 14.67 2 950 584 19.4 19.2 99 0.1 19.3 155 9 296.8 299.5 294.3 339.9 14.93 3 900 1050 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 199 11 300.3 302.9 295.1 343.2 14.64 4 850 1540 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 209 15 303.3 305.8 295.3 344.1 13.76 5 800 2055 14.3 14.1 98 0.2 14.1 241 14 306.4 308.7 295.4 344.6 12.71 6 750 2600 11.8 10.9 95 0.8 11.3 262 18 309.4 311.4 295.0 342.9 11.02 7 700 3176 8.7 7.0 90 1.6 7.6 272 19 312.1 313.8 294.3 340.0 9.04 8 650 3785 4.5 3.6 94 0.9 4.0 285 17 314.1 315.5 293.8 337.9 7.64 9 600 4433 0.5 0.3 98 0.2 0.4 294 16 316.7 318.0 293.7 337.4 6.52 10 550 5127 -3.2 -3.4 98 0.2 -3.3 302 16 320.3 321.4 293.8 337.9 5.42 11 500 5877 -7.1 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 311 17 324.3 325.2 294.0 338.7 4.34 12 450 6692 -12.0 -13.0 93 1.0 -12.4 308 20 328.2 328.8 294.0 338.8 3.14 13 400 7583 -17.6 -19.4 86 1.8 -18.2 296 24 332.1 332.5 294.1 339.3 2.06 14 350 8569 -24.5 -27.0 80 2.5 -25.1 290 31 335.7 336.0 294.3 340.1 1.20 15 300 9672 -33.2 -35.6 80 2.3 -33.6 281 35 338.5 338.7 294.6 340.9 0.62 16 250 10923 -44.0 -45.1 89 1.1 -44.1 270 42 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.7 0.27 17 200 12393 -52.0 -70.7 9 18.7 -52.4 299 75 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14207 -62.0 -82.8 5 20.8 -62.2 307 54 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16666 -67.7 -87.1 5 19.5 -67.8 321 28 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.51 m Freezing level: 592.94 mb = 4530.97 m = 14865.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.89 mb = 4501.18 m = 14767.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.05 mb = 555.55 m = 1822.65 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 7.17 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.45 mb = 1150.68 m = 3775.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.09 C = 75.36 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 290.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.51 mb = 996.99 m = 3270.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.51 mb = 3407.67 m = 11179.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.51 mb = 11177.80 m = 36672.13 ft B at Equ Level: 281.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.51 mb = 12699.09 m = 41663.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 305.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 5.48 Bulk Shear: 53.00 m/s