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: 46.12,-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 153 SFC 984 293 18.4 13.9 75 4.6 15.5 225 8 293.0 294.8 289.3 322.0 10.18 2 950 593 15.7 11.3 75 4.4 13.1 235 15 293.2 294.8 288.3 318.6 8.90 3 900 1052 15.3 9.1 67 6.1 11.6 259 21 297.2 298.7 289.0 320.8 8.09 4 850 1534 11.7 7.4 75 4.4 9.2 265 23 298.4 299.8 288.9 320.7 7.59 5 800 2038 7.7 5.2 84 2.5 6.3 269 24 299.4 300.6 288.7 319.9 6.94 6 750 2567 4.6 0.6 75 4.0 2.5 280 25 301.5 302.5 287.9 317.5 5.32 7 700 3127 2.5 -6.0 53 8.5 -1.3 285 24 305.2 305.9 287.4 316.0 3.48 8 650 3723 0.1 -14.4 32 14.6 -5.2 281 23 309.1 309.5 287.2 315.3 1.92 9 600 4359 -3.6 -21.2 24 17.6 -8.9 279 22 312.0 312.2 287.4 315.9 1.18 10 550 5040 -8.2 -26.6 21 18.5 -12.8 283 22 314.4 314.6 287.8 317.1 0.79 11 500 5773 -12.9 -33.0 17 20.0 -17.0 288 23 317.3 317.4 288.4 319.0 0.48 12 450 6567 -18.3 -34.9 22 16.6 -21.2 290 23 320.3 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.44 13 400 7434 -24.8 -37.5 30 12.7 -26.6 299 26 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.38 14 350 8388 -32.7 -40.9 44 8.2 -33.6 308 20 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.31 15 300 9452 -42.2 -52.7 31 10.5 -42.7 330 16 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.3 0.10 16 250 10657 -52.0 -60.9 34 8.9 -52.2 316 18 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.04 17 200 12069 -59.2 -66.7 37 7.5 -59.3 305 28 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 18 150 13889 -56.3 -84.1 2 27.8 -56.6 262 33 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16465 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 250 28 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.21 m Freezing level: 648.21 mb = 3745.62 m = 12288.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.66 mb = 2935.71 m = 9631.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.37 % Est. max temperature: 24.19 C = 75.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.30 mb = 871.61 m = 2859.57 ft T: 15.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.89 mb = 1904.71 m = 6248.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.24 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 23.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7886.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.32 mb = 1392.88 m = 4569.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 28.63 m/s