MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F012.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 6Z 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 155 SFC 984 291 15.6 14.4 92 1.2 14.8 174 3 290.1 292.0 288.6 319.7 10.52 2 950 593 16.6 12.0 74 4.6 13.8 227 16 294.1 295.7 289.0 320.9 9.34 3 900 1053 15.1 9.0 67 6.0 11.5 258 26 297.0 298.5 288.9 320.5 8.04 4 850 1534 11.1 7.1 76 4.0 8.8 268 28 297.8 299.2 288.6 319.7 7.48 5 800 2036 6.8 5.6 92 1.2 6.2 282 25 298.4 299.7 288.6 319.5 7.17 6 750 2564 3.1 0.9 85 2.2 2.0 285 23 299.9 300.9 287.5 316.2 5.45 7 700 3120 0.1 -5.4 66 5.5 -2.3 289 22 302.6 303.3 286.6 313.8 3.65 8 650 3710 -3.0 -10.7 55 7.7 -6.0 302 21 305.6 306.1 286.6 313.8 2.60 9 600 4340 -6.1 -19.8 33 13.6 -10.2 311 23 309.0 309.3 286.5 313.4 1.33 10 550 5016 -9.4 -33.9 12 24.5 -14.3 311 27 312.9 313.0 286.9 314.3 0.39 11 500 5746 -14.1 -38.1 11 24.0 -18.1 309 25 315.9 315.9 287.7 316.9 0.29 12 450 6534 -20.5 -36.8 22 16.3 -23.1 317 24 317.4 317.5 288.3 318.7 0.36 13 400 7392 -28.0 -37.8 39 9.8 -29.2 319 30 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.37 14 350 8334 -35.3 -45.4 35 10.1 -36.1 334 37 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.19 15 300 9389 -43.7 -55.7 25 12.0 -44.2 333 42 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.07 16 250 10586 -53.4 -57.5 61 4.1 -53.5 342 48 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.06 17 200 12008 -54.7 -69.8 14 15.2 -54.9 288 30 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13866 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 265 42 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16459 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 269 28 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.46 m Freezing level: 697.91 mb = 3144.16 m = 10315.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.64 mb = 2818.62 m = 9247.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.12 % Est. max temperature: 23.51 C = 74.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.27 mb = 447.68 m = 1468.73 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1734.40 m = 5690.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.56 C = 74.42 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.63 mb = 1322.35 m = 4338.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.63 mb = 2278.65 m = 7475.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 626.63 mb = 3997.95 m = 13116.47 ft B at Equ Level: 50.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 526.63 mb = 5348.53 m = 17547.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 237.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 58.82 m/s