MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F007.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: 7 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 164 SFC 985 293 21.9 11.6 52 10.4 15.5 244 7 296.3 297.9 289.2 321.6 8.72 2 950 604 19.2 9.3 53 9.9 13.3 247 13 296.7 298.1 288.5 319.3 7.77 3 900 1065 14.9 8.0 64 6.8 10.9 249 17 296.8 298.2 288.3 318.7 7.51 4 850 1545 10.3 6.5 77 3.8 8.2 254 18 297.0 298.3 288.1 317.9 7.15 5 800 2046 6.1 3.2 82 2.9 4.5 264 21 297.6 298.7 287.2 315.4 6.02 6 750 2571 2.0 -0.1 86 2.2 1.0 277 21 298.8 299.7 286.7 313.8 5.05 7 700 3124 -1.8 -4.2 84 2.3 -2.9 287 23 300.5 301.2 286.2 312.6 4.02 8 650 3709 -5.6 -6.9 91 1.3 -6.2 291 25 302.6 303.2 286.5 313.3 3.50 9 600 4334 -8.5 -12.1 75 3.6 -9.8 289 26 306.3 306.7 286.8 314.2 2.51 10 550 5004 -11.9 -19.6 53 7.7 -14.1 285 28 310.0 310.2 287.0 314.8 1.47 11 500 5728 -16.3 -28.3 35 12.0 -18.8 285 32 313.2 313.3 287.3 315.7 0.74 12 450 6510 -22.3 -36.5 26 14.2 -24.4 286 34 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.5 0.37 13 400 7362 -29.5 -40.4 34 10.9 -30.7 290 36 316.6 316.7 288.0 317.7 0.28 14 350 8298 -37.5 -48.6 30 11.1 -38.2 279 36 318.1 318.2 288.3 318.6 0.13 15 300 9341 -46.4 -53.8 43 7.3 -46.7 274 37 319.9 320.0 288.8 320.3 0.08 16 250 10532 -51.7 -61.3 31 9.6 -52.0 269 47 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.04 17 200 11984 -49.2 -75.6 3 26.4 -49.7 268 48 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 13864 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 264 43 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16463 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 268 29 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.02 m Freezing level: 723.53 mb = 2863.79 m = 9395.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.43 mb = 2706.48 m = 8879.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.67 % Est. max temperature: 22.75 C = 72.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.32 mb = 1590.49 m = 5218.08 ft T: 9.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.52 mb = 1927.58 m = 6324.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 30.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.98 mb = 1831.82 m = 6009.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.98 mb = 2086.71 m = 6846.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 525.98 mb = 5343.23 m = 17530.07 ft B at Equ Level: 160.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.98 mb = 10127.02 m = 33224.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 30.09 m/s