MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 22Z 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 170 SFC 985 295 21.6 10.6 50 10.9 14.9 245 8 295.9 297.4 288.6 319.7 8.18 2 950 609 18.7 8.7 52 10.0 12.8 247 14 296.1 297.5 288.0 317.8 7.43 3 900 1069 14.2 7.5 64 6.8 10.3 250 17 296.2 297.5 287.8 317.2 7.23 4 850 1548 9.8 5.6 75 4.2 7.5 255 19 296.4 297.6 287.4 316.0 6.71 5 800 2048 5.6 2.2 79 3.4 3.8 266 21 297.1 298.1 286.6 313.6 5.61 6 750 2572 1.4 -0.7 86 2.1 0.4 282 21 298.1 299.0 286.2 312.5 4.86 7 700 3123 -2.5 -4.1 89 1.6 -3.2 294 22 299.7 300.4 286.0 311.8 4.03 8 650 3708 -5.7 -8.0 84 2.3 -6.6 295 23 302.5 303.1 286.2 312.4 3.22 9 600 4333 -8.0 -15.3 56 7.2 -10.4 290 25 306.8 307.2 286.4 313.0 1.94 10 550 5003 -12.4 -21.2 48 8.8 -14.7 284 27 309.4 309.6 286.6 313.6 1.28 11 500 5724 -17.6 -24.9 53 7.3 -19.2 282 30 311.6 311.8 287.1 315.0 1.02 12 450 6503 -23.3 -30.5 52 7.2 -24.5 283 31 313.9 314.1 287.5 316.3 0.67 13 400 7352 -30.5 -39.3 42 8.8 -31.4 280 33 315.4 315.4 287.6 316.5 0.32 14 350 8284 -38.3 -45.5 47 7.2 -38.8 268 39 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.8 0.19 15 300 9323 -46.9 -52.8 51 5.9 -47.1 260 44 319.2 319.2 288.6 319.6 0.09 16 250 10514 -51.1 -62.5 25 11.4 -51.4 260 51 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.03 17 200 11974 -48.5 -76.0 3 27.5 -49.1 267 47 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13857 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 262 41 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16465 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -54.1 268 30 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.38 m Freezing level: 732.04 mb = 2769.97 m = 9087.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.08 mb = 2635.23 m = 8645.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.20 % Est. max temperature: 22.19 C = 71.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.21 mb = 1663.10 m = 5456.29 ft T: 8.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.47 mb = 1950.71 m = 6399.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.58 C = 72.64 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 31.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.49 mb = 1849.35 m = 6067.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.49 mb = 2103.93 m = 6902.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 564.49 mb = 4803.14 m = 15758.15 ft B at Equ Level: 106.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.49 mb = 9670.21 m = 31726.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.05 Bulk Shear: 26.32 m/s