MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.08,-96.58 Latitude: 34.08 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 989 216 28.2 25.3 84 2.9 26.0 135 7 302.3 306.1 299.5 364.3 20.91 2 950 574 24.3 23.2 93 1.1 23.5 158 11 301.9 305.4 298.4 358.5 19.17 3 900 1047 21.8 20.4 92 1.4 20.8 180 15 303.9 307.1 297.6 354.5 17.00 4 850 1543 19.3 17.2 87 2.2 17.8 211 18 306.4 309.1 296.7 350.4 14.65 5 800 2064 16.4 14.0 85 2.4 14.8 237 20 308.6 311.0 296.0 346.9 12.63 6 750 2611 13.4 9.3 76 4.2 10.8 254 21 311.1 313.0 294.6 341.3 9.83 7 700 3189 9.8 4.4 69 5.4 6.6 268 21 313.4 314.8 293.5 336.8 7.52 8 650 3801 5.6 0.4 69 5.2 2.8 278 22 315.3 316.5 292.9 334.5 6.07 9 600 4451 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.2 282 24 317.5 318.6 293.3 335.8 5.73 10 550 5147 -2.4 -3.9 90 1.4 -3.1 284 25 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.2 5.23 11 500 5899 -6.3 -7.8 89 1.6 -7.0 292 27 325.4 326.2 294.2 339.5 4.24 12 450 6717 -10.2 -11.5 90 1.3 -10.7 305 27 330.5 331.2 294.9 342.5 3.54 13 400 7616 -15.6 -16.9 90 1.3 -16.0 318 24 334.8 335.3 295.2 343.7 2.55 14 350 8608 -22.9 -25.6 78 2.8 -23.5 323 21 337.9 338.2 295.0 342.9 1.35 15 300 9721 -30.8 -34.3 71 3.5 -31.4 309 23 342.0 342.1 295.4 344.6 0.70 16 250 10984 -41.7 -45.4 67 3.7 -42.1 310 25 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.26 17 200 12452 -54.3 -58.7 59 4.4 -54.5 322 42 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14253 -64.0 -77.9 13 13.9 -64.1 321 46 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16670 -72.1 -86.4 10 14.3 -72.2 321 21 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.56 m Freezing level: 583.25 mb = 4684.24 m = 15368.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.59 mb = 4402.39 m = 14443.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.04 mb = 582.63 m = 1911.50 ft T: 24.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 29.81 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 1005.46 m = 3298.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.90 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2556.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.01 mb = 873.68 m = 2866.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.01 mb = 1311.37 m = 4302.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.01 mb = 14129.04 m = 46354.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2543.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.80 Bulk Rich Number: 28.76 Bulk Shear: 88.88 m/s