MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 9Z 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 148 SFC 983 290 14.7 11.4 81 3.3 12.7 213 5 289.2 290.7 286.6 313.5 8.63 2 950 587 16.8 9.8 63 7.0 12.7 245 25 294.3 295.7 287.9 317.4 8.04 3 900 1048 15.8 9.1 64 6.7 11.8 260 27 297.8 299.2 289.2 321.3 8.06 4 850 1530 11.7 7.9 77 3.8 9.5 266 25 298.4 299.9 289.2 321.6 7.90 5 800 2034 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.3 263 23 299.2 300.5 288.8 320.0 7.04 6 750 2563 4.3 0.2 75 4.1 2.2 265 26 301.2 302.2 287.6 316.7 5.17 7 700 3121 1.6 -5.9 57 7.6 -1.7 279 26 304.3 304.9 287.1 315.1 3.51 8 650 3714 -1.9 -10.4 52 8.4 -5.3 287 22 306.8 307.3 287.2 315.2 2.67 9 600 4347 -4.9 -19.3 31 14.4 -9.4 290 21 310.4 310.7 287.1 315.0 1.38 10 550 5027 -8.3 -27.2 20 18.9 -13.0 285 23 314.2 314.3 287.7 316.8 0.74 11 500 5759 -13.7 -27.4 31 13.7 -16.9 281 26 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.1 0.81 12 450 6548 -20.1 -31.8 35 11.7 -22.2 292 28 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.1 0.59 13 400 7409 -26.5 -40.9 25 14.3 -28.3 308 29 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.5 0.27 14 350 8357 -34.1 -39.2 60 5.1 -34.6 329 32 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.37 15 300 9416 -43.0 -48.7 53 5.7 -43.3 336 35 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.15 16 250 10616 -52.9 -58.6 50 5.8 -53.0 328 27 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.06 17 200 12036 -56.8 -67.8 24 11.0 -57.0 292 35 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 18 150 13870 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 267 41 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16458 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 259 28 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.88 m Freezing level: 676.93 mb = 3395.00 m = 11138.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.71 mb = 2873.93 m = 9428.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.30 % Est. max temperature: 24.14 C = 75.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.07 mb = 712.73 m = 2338.33 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 6.47 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 2059.86 m = 6758.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.76 C = 76.57 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 25.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7667.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.37 mb = 1536.17 m = 5039.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.6 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 304.6 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.1 neg: -8.6 tot: 173.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 20.08 m/s