MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 3 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 167 SFC 985 292 16.4 14.6 89 1.8 15.3 170 3 290.8 292.7 289.0 320.9 10.68 2 950 605 16.1 12.4 79 3.7 13.8 254 13 293.5 295.3 289.0 321.0 9.58 3 900 1064 14.1 8.7 70 5.3 10.9 259 23 296.0 297.4 288.4 318.9 7.89 4 850 1543 10.6 5.5 71 5.0 7.8 263 26 297.2 298.4 287.7 316.8 6.68 5 800 2045 6.5 2.9 78 3.6 4.6 273 28 298.1 299.2 287.2 315.5 5.89 6 750 2571 2.7 1.7 93 1.0 2.1 287 29 299.5 300.5 287.6 316.6 5.76 7 700 3126 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.5 299 29 302.0 302.9 288.0 317.7 5.24 8 650 3715 -4.1 -4.9 94 0.8 -4.4 293 28 304.4 305.1 287.7 316.9 4.09 9 600 4343 -7.4 -10.2 80 2.8 -8.5 291 28 307.5 308.1 287.7 316.8 2.93 10 550 5016 -11.7 -16.0 70 4.4 -13.0 294 27 310.2 310.6 287.6 316.7 1.99 11 500 5739 -16.5 -25.8 44 9.4 -18.6 300 26 313.0 313.2 287.5 316.1 0.93 12 450 6522 -22.3 -39.5 19 17.2 -24.6 307 30 315.2 315.3 287.5 316.2 0.27 13 400 7374 -29.4 -45.5 20 16.1 -30.9 307 29 316.8 316.8 287.9 317.4 0.16 14 350 8310 -37.3 -48.4 31 11.1 -38.0 309 30 318.4 318.4 288.4 318.9 0.14 15 300 9355 -45.5 -57.3 25 11.8 -45.9 330 42 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.4 0.06 16 250 10551 -51.1 -62.5 25 11.4 -51.4 330 38 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.03 17 200 11995 -52.1 -69.8 10 17.8 -52.4 277 37 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 13862 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 260 41 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16458 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 268 27 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.32 m Freezing level: 707.51 mb = 3043.06 m = 9983.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.07 mb = 3011.52 m = 9880.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.45 % Est. max temperature: 23.08 C = 73.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.20 mb = 513.87 m = 1685.92 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 5.44 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1644.82 m = 5396.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.88 mb = 1244.01 m = 4081.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.88 mb = 2190.19 m = 7185.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.88 mb = 8390.35 m = 27527.06 ft B at Equ Level: 127.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.88 mb = 10147.17 m = 33290.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 209.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.77 Bulk Shear: 46.09 m/s