MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 10Z 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 151 SFC 984 289 14.2 10.9 81 3.3 12.3 211 5 288.7 290.2 286.1 312.2 8.37 2 950 589 16.8 10.4 66 6.4 13.0 247 25 294.3 295.8 288.2 318.3 8.35 3 900 1050 15.5 11.4 77 4.1 13.0 263 27 297.5 299.2 290.3 325.0 9.46 4 850 1533 11.7 8.7 81 3.1 9.9 263 26 298.4 299.9 289.6 322.7 8.30 5 800 2037 7.8 5.0 82 2.8 6.3 261 25 299.5 300.8 288.6 319.8 6.86 6 750 2566 4.9 -0.6 67 5.6 2.2 267 27 301.9 302.8 287.6 316.7 4.87 7 700 3126 2.0 -5.5 58 7.5 -1.3 278 26 304.7 305.4 287.4 316.0 3.64 8 650 3720 -1.3 -9.3 55 8.0 -4.6 282 23 307.5 308.0 287.6 316.6 2.91 9 600 4354 -4.5 -15.9 40 11.5 -8.4 282 23 310.9 311.3 287.8 316.9 1.84 10 550 5034 -8.6 -20.5 38 11.9 -12.1 278 26 313.9 314.1 288.2 318.4 1.36 11 500 5766 -14.0 -24.1 42 10.0 -16.6 278 28 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.7 1.09 12 450 6555 -19.8 -31.2 36 11.4 -22.0 289 25 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.63 13 400 7417 -26.0 -37.3 34 11.2 -27.6 309 24 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.6 0.39 14 350 8368 -33.6 -42.5 41 8.8 -34.5 326 30 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.26 15 300 9428 -42.6 -52.0 35 9.4 -43.0 326 28 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.10 16 250 10631 -52.3 -60.0 39 7.7 -52.5 309 25 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.05 17 200 12048 -57.8 -66.5 32 8.7 -57.9 295 32 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 13875 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 271 39 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16457 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 263 28 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.98 m Freezing level: 669.60 mb = 3487.58 m = 11442.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.89 mb = 2910.24 m = 9547.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.38 % Est. max temperature: 24.23 C = 75.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.91 mb = 707.73 m = 2321.91 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1909.83 m = 6265.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.45 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 2.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 26.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7478.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.87 mb = 1366.89 m = 4484.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.1 neg: -10.7 tot: 165.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 17.43 m/s