MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 21Z 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 161 SFC 984 297 22.2 11.1 49 11.2 15.4 243 8 296.7 298.3 289.1 321.3 8.43 2 950 600 19.1 9.2 53 9.9 13.2 246 13 296.6 297.9 288.4 319.0 7.70 3 900 1061 14.6 8.0 65 6.6 10.8 248 15 296.6 297.9 288.2 318.5 7.51 4 850 1540 10.1 6.0 76 4.1 7.8 254 17 296.7 298.0 287.8 317.0 6.92 5 800 2041 5.9 2.8 80 3.1 4.2 265 19 297.4 298.5 286.9 314.6 5.84 6 750 2566 1.9 -0.5 84 2.4 0.7 281 20 298.6 299.5 286.5 313.3 4.93 7 700 3119 -1.9 -4.5 82 2.6 -3.0 288 22 300.4 301.1 286.1 312.2 3.91 8 650 3704 -5.4 -7.8 83 2.4 -6.4 289 25 302.8 303.4 286.4 312.9 3.27 9 600 4330 -7.7 -15.4 54 7.8 -10.2 287 28 307.3 307.6 286.5 313.4 1.92 10 550 5001 -11.7 -22.4 41 10.6 -14.6 284 31 310.1 310.4 286.7 314.0 1.15 11 500 5724 -16.9 -27.0 41 10.1 -19.1 282 34 312.4 312.6 287.2 315.3 0.84 12 450 6505 -22.6 -32.0 42 9.5 -24.2 280 37 314.9 315.0 287.7 316.9 0.58 13 400 7357 -29.5 -38.3 42 8.8 -30.6 277 39 316.6 316.7 288.1 317.9 0.35 14 350 8292 -37.5 -44.7 47 7.1 -38.1 272 40 318.1 318.2 288.4 318.9 0.20 15 300 9335 -46.5 -52.5 51 6.0 -46.7 267 42 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.10 16 250 10523 -52.6 -62.0 31 9.4 -52.8 261 45 327.8 327.8 291.1 328.0 0.04 17 200 11972 -49.6 -74.8 4 25.2 -50.1 266 49 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 13851 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 261 45 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16455 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 268 32 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.14 m Freezing level: 724.81 mb = 2844.35 m = 9331.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.36 mb = 2669.57 m = 8758.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.57 % Est. max temperature: 22.46 C = 72.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.43 mb = 1693.12 m = 5554.78 ft T: 8.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1916.93 m = 6289.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 30.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.98 mb = 1837.26 m = 6027.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.98 mb = 2092.13 m = 6863.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 544.98 mb = 5070.78 m = 16636.20 ft B at Equ Level: 118.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.98 mb = 9902.05 m = 32486.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.70 Bulk Shear: 32.18 m/s