MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F007.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 1Z 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 166 SFC 985 291 17.4 14.6 84 2.8 15.6 47 2 291.8 293.7 289.3 322.0 10.66 2 950 604 17.0 12.0 72 5.0 13.9 254 14 294.4 296.1 289.1 321.2 9.31 3 900 1063 14.2 9.7 74 4.5 11.4 256 23 296.1 297.6 288.9 320.4 8.39 4 850 1543 10.5 7.5 81 3.1 8.8 258 27 297.2 298.6 288.6 319.6 7.67 5 800 2044 6.2 4.7 90 1.5 5.4 262 27 297.8 299.0 287.9 317.4 6.69 6 750 2570 2.2 0.5 88 1.7 1.3 266 26 299.0 299.9 287.0 314.7 5.28 7 700 3124 -0.4 -3.0 83 2.6 -1.6 272 24 302.0 302.8 287.2 315.3 4.37 8 650 3713 -4.0 -4.7 95 0.7 -4.3 278 23 304.4 305.2 287.8 317.2 4.16 9 600 4341 -7.6 -9.3 88 1.7 -8.3 289 23 307.3 307.9 287.8 317.2 3.15 10 550 5013 -11.6 -15.4 73 3.8 -12.8 292 22 310.3 310.7 287.8 317.1 2.10 11 500 5737 -16.7 -21.7 65 5.0 -18.0 297 21 312.6 312.9 287.8 317.1 1.35 12 450 6518 -22.3 -26.4 70 4.1 -23.2 289 28 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.6 0.99 13 400 7372 -29.0 -32.1 74 3.2 -29.5 289 35 317.3 317.5 288.6 319.6 0.64 14 350 8309 -37.5 -40.9 70 3.5 -37.8 289 37 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.4 0.31 15 300 9351 -46.6 -51.0 60 4.4 -46.7 289 39 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.12 16 250 10540 -52.8 -60.8 37 8.0 -52.9 277 48 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.04 17 200 11991 -49.3 -63.2 18 13.9 -49.7 274 46 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.9 0.04 18 150 13871 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 264 39 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16467 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 266 30 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.78 m Freezing level: 708.14 mb = 3033.84 m = 9953.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.39 mb = 2815.72 m = 9237.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.98 % Est. max temperature: 22.97 C = 73.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.31 mb = 645.77 m = 2118.64 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 7.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1611.50 m = 5287.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 32.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.47 mb = 1294.97 m = 4248.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.47 mb = 1936.75 m = 6354.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.47 mb = 9561.87 m = 31370.59 ft B at Equ Level: 266.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.47 mb = 11068.90 m = 36314.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: -14.5 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 11.90 Bulk Shear: 22.87 m/s