MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.79,-97.09 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 987 241 28.7 25.1 81 3.6 26.0 179 7 302.9 306.7 299.5 364.4 20.67 2 950 583 25.2 22.9 87 2.2 23.5 188 11 302.7 306.2 298.4 358.6 18.85 3 900 1058 21.8 20.7 93 1.1 21.1 207 16 304.0 307.2 297.8 355.6 17.32 4 850 1553 19.1 17.1 88 2.0 17.7 227 20 306.1 308.8 296.6 349.8 14.55 5 800 2074 16.5 12.7 79 3.7 14.0 244 20 308.7 310.9 295.3 344.0 11.64 6 750 2621 12.9 9.9 82 3.0 11.0 252 19 310.6 312.5 294.8 342.1 10.30 7 700 3198 9.5 3.7 67 5.8 6.1 253 19 313.0 314.3 293.1 335.2 7.13 8 650 3809 6.0 -0.3 64 6.3 2.6 254 20 315.8 316.9 292.8 334.1 5.77 9 600 4461 2.4 -4.2 61 6.7 -0.9 267 18 318.9 319.8 292.8 334.0 4.66 10 550 5159 -1.6 -8.4 59 6.9 -4.7 279 18 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.4 3.68 11 500 5912 -6.2 -11.5 66 5.3 -8.4 281 21 325.4 326.1 293.3 336.1 3.17 12 450 6728 -11.3 -18.1 57 6.9 -13.6 281 24 329.1 329.5 293.4 336.2 2.04 13 400 7621 -16.8 -30.2 30 13.4 -19.9 288 27 333.1 333.3 293.3 336.0 0.77 14 350 8612 -22.0 -32.2 39 10.2 -24.1 313 25 339.0 339.2 294.7 341.8 0.73 15 300 9724 -31.4 -37.2 57 5.8 -32.3 311 20 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.1 0.52 16 250 10984 -42.3 -48.7 49 6.4 -42.8 324 20 343.2 343.2 295.3 343.9 0.18 17 200 12458 -53.0 -57.2 60 4.2 -53.1 326 43 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.2 0.08 18 150 14260 -64.2 -80.7 9 16.5 -64.3 322 40 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16681 -70.8 -86.3 8 15.5 -70.8 334 20 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.32 m Freezing level: 569.61 mb = 4885.34 m = 16027.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.94 mb = 4286.98 m = 14064.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.87 mb = 696.08 m = 2283.69 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 30.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 1068.97 m = 3507.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2580.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.36 mb = 966.93 m = 3172.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.36 mb = 1209.74 m = 3968.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.36 mb = 14080.82 m = 46196.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2577.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 69.83 Bulk Shear: 36.96 m/s