MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F013.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 7Z 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 154 SFC 984 291 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 190 4 290.2 292.0 288.2 318.5 10.04 2 950 593 16.8 10.5 66 6.3 13.0 234 22 294.2 295.8 288.2 318.5 8.42 3 900 1053 15.3 8.5 64 6.8 11.3 258 27 297.3 298.7 288.7 320.0 7.76 4 850 1534 11.4 7.1 75 4.2 8.9 270 27 298.0 299.4 288.7 320.0 7.48 5 800 2037 7.0 6.2 95 0.8 6.6 280 22 298.7 300.0 288.9 320.6 7.47 6 750 2565 3.1 1.6 90 1.5 2.4 278 22 300.0 301.0 287.8 317.1 5.75 7 700 3121 0.6 -6.3 60 7.0 -2.4 287 22 303.2 303.8 286.6 313.6 3.40 8 650 3712 -2.6 -11.1 52 8.5 -5.8 300 20 306.0 306.5 286.7 313.9 2.52 9 600 4343 -5.5 -20.5 30 15.0 -10.0 309 22 309.7 309.9 286.7 313.8 1.24 10 550 5021 -8.6 -33.5 11 24.8 -13.8 307 26 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.3 0.41 11 500 5753 -13.9 -33.4 18 19.5 -17.6 302 24 316.1 316.2 288.0 317.8 0.46 12 450 6541 -20.6 -33.1 32 12.5 -22.7 304 25 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.3 0.52 13 400 7399 -27.6 -38.3 35 10.7 -29.0 310 29 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.4 0.35 14 350 8344 -34.7 -46.0 31 11.4 -35.6 327 33 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.6 0.18 15 300 9400 -43.5 -48.7 56 5.2 -43.7 331 41 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.15 16 250 10599 -53.3 -57.3 62 4.0 -53.4 338 43 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.07 17 200 12018 -55.3 -69.6 15 14.2 -55.6 289 29 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13871 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 266 44 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16460 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -56.0 265 26 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.39 m Freezing level: 690.46 mb = 3233.74 m = 10609.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.10 mb = 2836.95 m = 9307.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.86 mb = 548.93 m = 1800.94 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 6.99 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1906.69 m = 6255.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.99 C = 75.18 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 3.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 25.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7893.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.40 mb = 1471.21 m = 4826.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.6 neg: -3.9 tot: 224.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 46.54 m/s