MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 5Z 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 159 SFC 984 293 16.3 14.9 92 1.3 15.4 181 3 290.7 292.6 289.2 321.5 10.91 2 950 597 16.3 12.8 80 3.5 14.1 233 12 293.7 295.5 289.3 321.7 9.79 3 900 1057 14.6 9.6 72 5.0 11.6 260 22 296.5 298.0 289.0 320.9 8.37 4 850 1537 10.8 7.9 82 2.9 9.2 266 28 297.5 298.9 288.9 320.6 7.90 5 800 2039 6.7 5.8 94 0.9 6.2 277 29 298.2 299.6 288.6 319.5 7.22 6 750 2566 3.1 2.1 93 1.0 2.6 288 26 299.9 301.0 287.9 317.6 5.95 7 700 3122 -0.1 -2.4 84 2.3 -1.2 293 22 302.4 303.2 287.5 316.2 4.57 8 650 3712 -3.2 -8.4 68 5.1 -5.3 299 21 305.3 305.9 287.1 315.0 3.13 9 600 4342 -6.5 -15.8 47 9.4 -9.6 305 23 308.6 309.0 286.9 314.6 1.85 10 550 5016 -10.2 -31.5 16 21.2 -14.7 309 26 311.9 312.0 286.6 313.7 0.50 11 500 5745 -14.6 -43.1 7 28.5 -18.7 311 27 315.2 315.3 287.3 315.9 0.17 12 450 6532 -20.7 -45.1 9 24.4 -23.7 327 25 317.2 317.2 288.0 317.8 0.15 13 400 7389 -28.0 -45.4 17 17.4 -29.7 333 31 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.2 0.16 14 350 8330 -36.3 -42.9 51 6.6 -36.8 331 40 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.7 0.25 15 300 9380 -44.6 -53.8 35 9.2 -45.0 341 45 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.08 16 250 10576 -53.0 -58.8 49 5.8 -53.1 347 56 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.05 17 200 12004 -53.6 -70.5 11 16.9 -53.9 286 32 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13868 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 264 41 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16463 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 266 28 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.38 m Freezing level: 701.64 mb = 3104.09 m = 10183.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.89 mb = 2941.41 m = 9650.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.66 % Est. max temperature: 23.24 C = 73.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.56 mb = 458.26 m = 1503.47 ft T: 16.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1596.27 m = 5237.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.10 C = 73.57 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 31.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.70 mb = 1210.19 m = 3970.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.70 mb = 2052.54 m = 6733.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 578.70 mb = 4622.00 m = 15163.87 ft B at Equ Level: 88.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.70 mb = 8968.29 m = 29423.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.1 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 322.1 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.3 neg: -4.4 tot: 206.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 56.01 m/s