MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506051200F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506051200F006.rap.sound Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 6 hour RUC valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: KCAR Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -68.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 990 189 25.9 19.9 69 6.0 21.6 261 10 299.9 302.6 295.1 343.4 14.89 2 950 551 21.7 17.4 77 4.3 18.8 259 14 299.2 301.6 293.8 337.9 13.26 3 900 1018 17.8 15.0 84 2.8 16.0 254 16 299.9 302.1 293.1 335.0 12.02 4 850 1505 14.0 12.7 92 1.3 13.2 250 18 300.8 302.8 292.5 333.0 10.93 5 800 2015 11.2 9.5 89 1.7 10.2 251 23 303.1 304.9 292.0 331.1 9.39 6 750 2552 8.4 6.7 89 1.7 7.3 253 28 305.6 307.2 291.8 330.4 8.21 7 700 3119 5.1 3.5 89 1.6 4.2 256 32 308.1 309.5 291.6 329.7 7.04 8 650 3722 1.9 0.4 90 1.5 1.1 253 35 311.2 312.3 291.7 330.1 6.08 9 600 4364 -1.7 -3.7 86 2.0 -2.7 250 36 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.84 10 550 5052 -6.0 -9.7 75 3.8 -7.5 248 37 317.0 317.6 291.1 327.8 3.32 11 500 5792 -10.4 -18.4 52 8.0 -13.0 246 40 320.3 320.7 290.7 326.4 1.79 12 450 6594 -15.2 -31.8 23 16.6 -18.7 241 42 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.59 13 400 7474 -20.5 -42.1 13 21.6 -23.7 233 40 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 14 350 8448 -27.3 -46.5 14 19.2 -29.3 231 35 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.17 15 300 9538 -35.7 -45.3 37 9.7 -36.5 237 28 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.22 16 250 10778 -45.8 -58.3 23 12.5 -46.3 251 26 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12222 -57.7 -62.3 56 4.6 -57.8 237 29 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13995 -65.2 -76.0 21 10.8 -65.3 220 34 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16493 -61.3 -88.0 2 26.6 -61.6 236 18 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.23 m Freezing level: 623.51 mb = 4062.26 m = 13327.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.24 mb = 3906.30 m = 12815.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.10 mb = 950.30 m = 3117.74 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 13.74 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1256.16 m = 4121.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.36 C = 79.45 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.24 mb = 1158.99 m = 3802.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.24 mb = 1402.94 m = 4602.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.24 mb = 10248.37 m = 33622.86 ft B at Equ Level: 544.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.24 mb = 13587.67 m = 44578.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 15.10 Bulk Shear: 36.17 m/s