MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 46.12,-70.80 Latitude: 46.12 Longitude: -70.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 987 293 21.2 9.7 48 11.5 14.3 267 9 295.4 296.8 287.9 317.6 7.66 2 950 622 16.6 7.2 54 9.4 11.3 266 13 294.0 295.2 286.5 313.5 6.71 3 900 1079 12.1 6.0 66 6.1 8.8 269 14 294.0 295.2 286.4 312.9 6.51 4 850 1554 8.0 3.1 71 4.9 5.5 279 17 294.6 295.6 285.7 310.9 5.62 5 800 2051 4.1 -0.2 73 4.4 2.0 292 21 295.6 296.4 285.1 309.4 4.70 6 750 2572 0.3 -3.6 75 3.8 -1.4 296 23 296.9 297.6 284.8 308.5 3.92 7 700 3122 -2.8 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.7 296 23 299.4 299.9 284.9 308.8 3.10 8 650 3706 -5.2 -10.9 65 5.6 -7.3 298 22 303.0 303.5 285.7 311.0 2.57 9 600 4331 -8.5 -14.6 61 6.1 -10.5 294 23 306.3 306.7 286.3 312.8 2.05 10 550 5001 -12.5 -21.6 47 9.0 -14.9 285 26 309.2 309.4 286.5 313.3 1.24 11 500 5722 -17.3 -30.1 32 12.7 -19.8 281 27 311.9 312.0 286.8 314.1 0.63 12 450 6501 -22.9 -37.7 25 14.8 -24.9 277 29 314.4 314.5 287.3 315.6 0.33 13 400 7352 -29.7 -44.0 24 14.3 -31.0 276 29 316.4 316.5 287.8 317.1 0.19 14 350 8287 -37.7 -45.5 44 7.7 -38.2 280 33 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.6 0.19 15 300 9329 -46.6 -51.8 55 5.2 -46.8 274 41 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.1 0.11 16 250 10514 -54.2 -61.7 39 7.5 -54.4 272 47 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.6 0.04 17 200 11959 -49.7 -72.9 5 23.2 -50.2 257 48 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13840 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 258 48 381.9 381.9 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16456 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.3 261 35 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5536.52 m Freezing level: 745.74 mb = 2618.92 m = 8592.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.90 mb = 2350.09 m = 7710.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.38 % Est. max temperature: 20.59 C = 69.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.38 mb = 1725.65 m = 5661.52 ft T: 6.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 9.07 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.01 mb = 1928.63 m = 6327.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.10 C = 69.98 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 23.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.25 mb = 1806.05 m = 5925.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.25 mb = 2160.04 m = 7086.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.25 mb = 3476.03 m = 11404.15 ft B at Equ Level: 25.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 599.25 mb = 4340.72 m = 14241.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 50.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 17.85 m/s