MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z 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 165 SFC 985 294 21.0 11.7 55 9.4 15.3 227 5 295.4 297.0 289.0 320.8 8.78 2 950 605 19.4 9.5 53 9.9 13.4 237 14 296.8 298.2 288.6 319.7 7.85 3 900 1066 15.1 8.1 63 7.0 11.0 244 18 297.0 298.4 288.5 319.1 7.56 4 850 1547 10.6 6.5 76 4.1 8.3 249 20 297.2 298.5 288.1 318.2 7.16 5 800 2048 6.2 3.5 82 2.8 4.8 259 21 297.8 298.9 287.4 315.9 6.14 6 750 2573 2.3 -0.4 82 2.7 1.0 270 21 299.1 300.0 286.6 313.8 4.94 7 700 3127 -1.5 -4.1 83 2.6 -2.7 282 21 300.8 301.5 286.4 313.0 4.03 8 650 3713 -5.1 -6.7 89 1.6 -5.8 291 23 303.2 303.8 286.8 314.1 3.56 9 600 4339 -8.0 -11.5 76 3.4 -9.3 292 27 306.8 307.3 287.2 315.2 2.65 10 550 5010 -11.8 -18.4 58 6.5 -13.7 289 29 310.0 310.4 287.2 315.4 1.63 11 500 5734 -16.3 -29.4 31 13.1 -19.0 288 30 313.1 313.2 287.2 315.4 0.67 12 450 6516 -22.5 -33.7 35 11.2 -24.3 292 28 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.7 0.49 13 400 7368 -29.1 -38.2 41 9.1 -30.2 297 31 317.1 317.2 288.2 318.4 0.35 14 350 8305 -37.3 -47.9 33 10.6 -38.0 290 35 318.4 318.5 288.4 319.0 0.14 15 300 9348 -46.5 -52.0 54 5.5 -46.7 276 37 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.10 16 250 10539 -51.8 -60.3 35 8.6 -52.0 270 49 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 17 200 11991 -50.1 -68.5 10 18.3 -50.6 270 45 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.02 18 150 13866 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 264 41 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16465 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 266 28 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.18 m Freezing level: 719.95 mb = 2906.03 m = 9534.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.82 mb = 2715.57 m = 8909.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.67 % Est. max temperature: 22.97 C = 73.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.64 mb = 1471.38 m = 4827.31 ft T: 11.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.80 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1935.50 m = 6349.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.83 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 30.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.47 mb = 1818.71 m = 5966.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.47 mb = 2073.52 m = 6802.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 517.47 mb = 5473.16 m = 17956.36 ft B at Equ Level: 136.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 267.47 mb = 10097.59 m = 33128.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 36.34 m/s