MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 4Z 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 163 SFC 985 291 16.2 14.7 91 1.5 15.3 154 3 290.6 292.5 289.0 320.8 10.70 2 950 601 16.5 12.2 76 4.3 13.8 234 13 294.0 295.7 289.0 321.0 9.44 3 900 1061 14.8 9.8 72 5.0 11.8 256 24 296.7 298.2 289.2 321.3 8.47 4 850 1541 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.3 263 27 297.5 299.0 289.0 321.0 8.03 5 800 2044 6.8 5.0 89 1.7 5.8 273 29 298.4 299.6 288.3 318.5 6.86 6 750 2571 3.0 2.0 93 1.1 2.5 288 28 299.9 300.9 287.9 317.4 5.88 7 700 3126 -0.4 -2.0 89 1.6 -1.2 298 26 302.0 302.9 287.5 316.3 4.71 8 650 3716 -3.6 -7.3 75 3.7 -5.1 295 27 304.9 305.5 287.2 315.5 3.40 9 600 4344 -7.4 -12.1 69 4.7 -9.1 299 26 307.6 308.0 287.3 315.5 2.52 10 550 5016 -11.3 -22.8 38 11.5 -14.3 303 25 310.7 310.9 286.9 314.4 1.12 11 500 5741 -15.9 -37.7 13 21.8 -19.4 308 28 313.7 313.8 287.0 314.8 0.30 12 450 6525 -21.8 -45.6 10 23.8 -24.5 318 31 315.9 315.9 287.6 316.4 0.14 13 400 7379 -28.9 -50.9 10 22.1 -30.6 334 32 317.5 317.5 288.1 317.8 0.09 14 350 8318 -36.7 -51.0 21 14.3 -37.5 342 44 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.7 0.10 15 300 9364 -45.2 -54.0 37 8.8 -45.5 341 52 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.0 0.08 16 250 10562 -51.9 -60.6 34 8.7 -52.1 353 50 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.04 17 200 12000 -52.2 -71.8 8 19.5 -52.6 279 36 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13863 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 265 40 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16459 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 266 27 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5577.94 m Freezing level: 705.82 mb = 3061.73 m = 10044.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.86 mb = 2945.97 m = 9665.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.43 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.99 mb = 484.96 m = 1591.07 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 5.89 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1640.94 m = 5383.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.91 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.44 mb = 1254.92 m = 4117.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.44 mb = 2100.51 m = 6891.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.44 mb = 8426.48 m = 27645.61 ft B at Equ Level: 159.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.44 mb = 10446.68 m = 34273.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.8 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 319.8 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 249.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 2.59 Bulk Shear: 61.40 m/s