MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508281200F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508281200F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 8Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.73,-93.55 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 73 24.0 23.9 99 0.2 24.0 209 2 296.6 300.0 296.8 351.0 18.84 1 1000 137 23.6 23.5 99 0.2 23.6 180 3 296.8 300.1 296.7 350.3 18.50 2 950 585 21.9 21.7 99 0.1 21.8 215 9 299.4 302.6 296.8 350.6 17.51 3 900 1055 20.2 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 211 13 302.3 305.4 296.9 351.4 16.59 4 850 1549 18.0 17.8 99 0.2 17.9 223 16 305.0 307.9 296.8 350.6 15.25 5 800 2067 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 247 15 307.4 309.9 296.2 348.0 13.47 6 750 2613 12.1 11.7 98 0.4 11.9 278 16 309.7 311.9 295.6 345.1 11.63 7 700 3189 8.7 7.8 94 0.9 8.2 298 18 312.1 313.9 294.7 341.6 9.55 8 650 3800 4.9 4.0 94 0.9 4.4 308 17 314.6 316.1 294.1 339.2 7.89 9 600 4449 1.3 1.0 98 0.3 1.1 315 16 317.6 318.9 294.1 339.4 6.87 10 550 5147 -1.9 -2.1 98 0.2 -2.0 321 16 321.8 323.0 294.6 341.1 5.95 11 500 5900 -5.7 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 323 20 326.0 327.0 294.8 342.0 4.83 12 450 6718 -10.5 -11.4 93 0.9 -10.9 327 24 330.0 330.7 294.8 342.1 3.55 13 400 7615 -16.3 -18.4 84 2.1 -17.0 332 30 333.8 334.2 294.7 341.6 2.23 14 350 8606 -22.8 -25.8 76 3.0 -23.6 319 31 338.0 338.3 295.0 342.9 1.33 15 300 9717 -31.6 -35.0 71 3.5 -32.1 312 26 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.4 0.65 16 250 10977 -41.9 -46.6 60 4.7 -42.2 310 24 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.8 0.23 17 200 12444 -54.7 -58.8 60 4.2 -54.8 316 35 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14233 -66.6 -75.9 26 9.4 -66.7 332 55 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16648 -70.5 -86.7 7 16.2 -70.6 326 26 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.21 m Freezing level: 580.08 mb = 4727.34 m = 15509.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.10 mb = 4692.27 m = 15394.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.11 C = 89.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.67 mb = 87.71 m = 287.76 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 12.15 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.17 mb = 574.18 m = 1883.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 40.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1277.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.65 mb = 542.32 m = 1779.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.65 mb = 1653.67 m = 5425.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.65 mb = 13467.39 m = 44183.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1267.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 318.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 39.80 Bulk Shear: 32.11 m/s