MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 20Z 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 171 SFC 986 294 22.4 11.1 49 11.3 15.4 248 8 296.7 298.3 289.1 321.3 8.43 2 950 611 18.8 8.9 52 9.9 12.9 252 13 296.2 297.6 288.1 318.1 7.52 3 900 1071 14.3 7.8 65 6.5 10.5 254 14 296.2 297.6 288.0 317.7 7.39 4 850 1550 9.9 5.5 74 4.4 7.5 259 16 296.5 297.7 287.4 315.9 6.65 5 800 2050 5.6 2.5 80 3.1 4.0 275 19 297.2 298.2 286.8 314.1 5.75 6 750 2575 1.6 -0.8 84 2.4 0.5 289 21 298.3 299.2 286.3 312.7 4.82 7 700 3126 -2.2 -4.7 83 2.5 -3.3 291 23 300.0 300.7 285.9 311.6 3.84 8 650 3711 -6.3 -7.2 93 0.9 -6.7 287 23 301.9 302.5 286.2 312.4 3.43 9 600 4335 -8.1 -14.8 58 6.7 -10.4 282 25 306.7 307.1 286.4 313.2 2.01 10 550 5007 -11.5 -24.8 32 13.3 -14.8 277 28 310.4 310.6 286.6 313.6 0.93 11 500 5730 -16.6 -29.9 31 13.3 -19.3 277 32 312.8 312.9 287.1 315.0 0.64 12 450 6511 -22.4 -33.7 35 11.3 -24.2 278 38 315.0 315.1 287.7 316.8 0.49 13 400 7364 -29.3 -37.2 46 8.0 -30.3 277 41 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.3 0.39 14 350 8300 -37.4 -43.4 53 6.1 -37.8 272 41 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.2 0.23 15 300 9343 -46.3 -51.3 57 4.9 -46.5 270 45 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.5 0.11 16 250 10529 -54.2 -61.1 42 6.9 -54.3 265 42 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.04 17 200 11976 -49.3 -74.4 4 25.1 -49.8 265 52 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.01 18 150 13856 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 261 46 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16456 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 264 33 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5558.51 m Freezing level: 729.06 mb = 2805.73 m = 9205.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.59 mb = 2643.24 m = 8671.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.26 % Est. max temperature: 22.34 C = 72.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.22 mb = 1704.67 m = 5592.68 ft T: 8.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.60 mb = 1921.23 m = 6303.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.63 C = 72.74 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: 2.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 29.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.44 mb = 1842.06 m = 6043.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.44 mb = 2096.59 m = 6878.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 575.44 mb = 4657.54 m = 15280.47 ft B at Equ Level: 135.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 315.44 mb = 9003.84 m = 29539.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 25.12 m/s