MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 13Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 46.11,-70.73 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -70.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 985 285 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.6 225 7 293.0 294.8 289.3 321.9 10.15 2 950 593 15.7 11.3 75 4.4 13.0 235 15 293.1 294.7 288.2 318.5 8.88 3 900 1052 15.2 9.0 67 6.2 11.6 259 21 297.2 298.6 288.9 320.7 8.05 4 850 1534 11.7 7.3 75 4.3 9.2 265 23 298.4 299.7 288.9 320.6 7.59 5 800 2038 7.7 5.2 84 2.5 6.3 269 24 299.3 300.6 288.7 319.8 6.93 6 750 2567 4.5 0.7 76 3.9 2.6 280 25 301.5 302.5 287.9 317.6 5.36 7 700 3127 2.5 -6.0 53 8.5 -1.3 286 24 305.3 305.9 287.5 316.1 3.49 8 650 3723 0.1 -14.8 32 14.9 -5.3 282 22 309.1 309.5 287.1 315.2 1.87 9 600 4359 -3.6 -21.5 23 18.0 -9.0 279 22 312.0 312.2 287.3 315.8 1.14 10 550 5040 -8.2 -27.0 20 18.9 -12.9 283 22 314.4 314.5 287.8 317.0 0.76 11 500 5773 -13.0 -33.3 16 20.3 -17.0 288 22 317.2 317.3 288.4 318.9 0.46 12 450 6566 -18.3 -34.5 23 16.2 -21.2 291 23 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.46 13 400 7434 -24.8 -37.2 31 12.4 -26.6 300 26 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.2 0.39 14 350 8388 -32.8 -40.7 45 8.0 -33.6 310 20 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.31 15 300 9451 -42.2 -52.6 31 10.4 -42.7 331 17 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.3 0.10 16 250 10657 -52.0 -61.0 33 9.0 -52.2 317 17 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.04 17 200 12069 -59.1 -66.7 37 7.5 -59.2 305 28 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 18 150 13889 -56.3 -84.1 2 27.8 -56.6 262 33 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16465 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 250 28 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.92 m Freezing level: 648.07 mb = 3747.32 m = 12294.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.54 mb = 2937.07 m = 9635.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.20 C = 75.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.41 mb = 879.98 m = 2887.04 ft T: 15.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 5.49 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.09 mb = 1902.69 m = 6242.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 23.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7841.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.01 mb = 1386.23 m = 4547.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 117.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 29.16 m/s