MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F008.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 2Z 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 169 SFC 986 288 16.6 15.5 93 1.1 15.9 285 3 290.9 292.9 289.6 322.7 11.28 2 950 607 15.0 13.8 93 1.2 14.3 275 13 292.4 294.3 289.5 322.3 10.52 3 900 1064 13.0 10.6 85 2.5 11.6 271 21 294.9 296.5 288.9 320.7 8.93 4 850 1543 9.9 6.8 82 3.0 8.2 266 25 296.5 297.8 288.1 317.8 7.33 5 800 2044 5.9 3.7 86 2.2 4.7 266 27 297.4 298.5 287.3 315.7 6.24 6 750 2569 2.2 1.1 92 1.1 1.7 269 27 299.0 300.0 287.2 315.4 5.53 7 700 3124 -0.1 -1.2 92 1.1 -0.6 271 26 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.6 5.02 8 650 3714 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.5 273 25 305.2 306.0 288.4 318.9 4.48 9 600 4343 -7.2 -7.8 95 0.6 -7.4 278 25 307.8 308.5 288.4 318.9 3.54 10 550 5016 -11.5 -12.6 91 1.2 -11.9 278 24 310.5 311.0 288.4 318.9 2.63 11 500 5740 -16.4 -18.0 87 1.6 -16.9 281 25 313.0 313.4 288.5 319.1 1.85 12 450 6523 -22.1 -24.3 82 2.2 -22.6 285 29 315.5 315.7 288.6 319.5 1.18 13 400 7377 -29.0 -31.8 76 2.8 -29.4 288 33 317.3 317.5 288.6 319.7 0.67 14 350 8314 -37.2 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 286 32 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.7 0.32 15 300 9357 -46.7 -50.1 68 3.4 -46.9 284 30 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.0 0.13 16 250 10545 -51.6 -61.9 28 10.2 -51.9 294 38 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.4 0.04 17 200 11995 -50.4 -64.0 19 13.6 -50.8 278 42 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.04 18 150 13870 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 259 39 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16466 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 266 29 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.45 m Freezing level: 701.49 mb = 3107.29 m = 10194.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.67 mb = 2968.31 m = 9738.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.61 % Est. max temperature: 22.39 C = 72.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.28 mb = 426.78 m = 1400.17 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 7.33 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.23 mb = 1231.52 m = 4040.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.16 C = 70.08 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 330.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.40 mb = 948.74 m = 3112.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.40 mb = 1666.43 m = 5467.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.40 mb = 9636.71 m = 31616.13 ft B at Equ Level: 325.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.40 mb = 11160.63 m = 36615.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 303.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 13.40 Bulk Shear: 24.68 m/s