MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 46.09,-70.84 Latitude: 46.09 Longitude: -70.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 985 304 22.2 9.9 46 12.3 14.8 255 8 296.6 298.0 288.5 319.3 7.80 2 950 616 18.4 8.2 51 10.3 12.4 256 13 295.9 297.2 287.7 316.8 7.18 3 900 1075 14.0 7.2 64 6.8 10.1 258 14 295.9 297.2 287.6 316.5 7.08 4 850 1554 9.6 4.9 72 4.7 7.0 265 16 296.2 297.3 287.0 314.8 6.38 5 800 2053 5.3 1.9 79 3.4 3.6 280 19 296.8 297.8 286.4 313.1 5.51 6 750 2577 1.3 -1.4 82 2.8 0.0 290 22 298.0 298.9 285.9 311.7 4.59 7 700 3128 -2.6 -5.0 83 2.4 -3.6 291 22 299.6 300.3 285.7 311.0 3.76 8 650 3712 -6.4 -7.6 91 1.2 -6.8 287 22 301.8 302.4 286.0 312.0 3.33 9 600 4336 -8.0 -15.2 56 7.1 -10.4 283 24 306.8 307.2 286.4 313.1 1.96 10 550 5007 -11.8 -24.7 34 12.9 -15.0 279 26 310.1 310.3 286.5 313.3 0.94 11 500 5730 -16.6 -31.4 27 14.7 -19.4 277 30 312.8 312.9 287.0 314.7 0.56 12 450 6512 -22.5 -34.9 31 12.4 -24.4 278 35 315.0 315.0 287.6 316.5 0.44 13 400 7364 -29.4 -37.5 46 8.1 -30.4 276 38 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.1 0.38 14 350 8300 -37.3 -43.7 51 6.5 -37.8 272 37 318.5 318.5 288.5 319.3 0.23 15 300 9344 -46.2 -51.7 53 5.5 -46.4 273 44 320.2 320.3 288.9 320.7 0.11 16 250 10530 -54.3 -61.4 41 7.1 -54.5 276 43 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.04 17 200 11975 -48.8 -74.1 4 25.3 -49.3 258 53 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 13862 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 260 48 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16465 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 263 35 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.42 m Freezing level: 732.87 mb = 2765.78 m = 9073.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.73 mb = 2579.84 m = 8463.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.91 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.19 mb = 1837.80 m = 6029.46 ft T: 7.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 8.33 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1991.02 m = 6532.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.36 C = 72.25 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 2.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 28.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.71 mb = 1903.04 m = 6243.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.71 mb = 2158.20 m = 7080.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 599.71 mb = 4339.92 m = 14238.41 ft B at Equ Level: 96.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 449.71 mb = 6516.31 m = 21378.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 51.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.96 Bulk Shear: 19.68 m/s