MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508281200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508281200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.11,-96.42 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 989 211 26.9 24.6 88 2.2 25.2 104 6 300.9 304.6 298.7 360.2 20.10 2 950 569 24.5 23.0 91 1.5 23.5 133 10 302.1 305.6 298.4 358.2 18.98 3 900 1043 21.9 21.6 98 0.3 21.7 168 14 304.0 307.4 298.4 358.6 18.31 4 850 1540 19.8 17.9 89 1.9 18.5 202 16 306.9 309.8 297.3 353.2 15.36 5 800 2062 17.7 14.0 79 3.7 15.2 247 18 310.0 312.4 296.3 348.7 12.68 6 750 2612 14.2 10.1 77 4.0 11.6 268 21 312.0 313.9 295.3 344.1 10.44 7 700 3191 10.9 4.7 65 6.2 7.2 289 20 314.6 316.1 294.0 338.7 7.69 8 650 3805 6.9 0.6 64 6.3 3.4 304 20 316.8 317.9 293.4 336.3 6.14 9 600 4458 2.6 -4.0 62 6.5 -0.7 305 20 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.4 4.75 10 550 5157 -1.8 -6.9 68 5.1 -4.2 306 21 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.6 4.15 11 500 5909 -6.3 -8.0 88 1.6 -7.1 312 23 325.3 326.1 294.1 339.3 4.20 12 450 6726 -10.9 -12.8 86 1.9 -11.6 320 26 329.6 330.2 294.4 340.4 3.18 13 400 7622 -16.1 -25.2 46 9.0 -18.6 327 28 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.5 1.24 14 350 8612 -23.4 -27.9 66 4.5 -24.5 322 26 337.1 337.4 294.6 341.2 1.10 15 300 9720 -31.9 -35.6 69 3.7 -32.4 312 26 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.8 0.61 16 250 10980 -42.1 -45.3 71 3.1 -42.4 309 30 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.27 17 200 12450 -52.6 -56.1 66 3.5 -52.7 319 50 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.9 0.10 18 150 14260 -64.3 -81.2 8 16.8 -64.4 325 42 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16679 -71.3 -85.8 10 14.5 -71.3 321 19 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.16 m Freezing level: 570.66 mb = 4868.23 m = 15971.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.92 mb = 4338.06 m = 14232.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.30 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.32 mb = 491.96 m = 1614.01 ft T: 25.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 24.17 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 978.54 m = 3210.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2557.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.39 mb = 827.62 m = 2715.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.39 mb = 2089.90 m = 6856.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.39 mb = 14364.62 m = 47127.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2531.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.3 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 314.3 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.27 Bulk Rich Number: 26.65 Bulk Shear: 95.95 m/s