MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 14Z 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 150 SFC 983 294 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.7 227 9 294.5 296.4 290.5 325.6 10.87 2 950 591 16.6 12.6 77 4.0 14.1 230 15 294.1 295.8 289.3 321.9 9.72 3 900 1050 15.2 9.6 69 5.6 11.8 251 23 297.2 298.7 289.2 321.5 8.34 4 850 1533 12.0 7.4 73 4.6 9.3 262 25 298.7 300.1 289.0 321.0 7.60 5 800 2037 7.9 5.6 85 2.3 6.6 270 26 299.5 300.8 288.9 320.6 7.13 6 750 2566 4.6 1.7 81 3.0 3.1 278 26 301.6 302.7 288.3 318.9 5.75 7 700 3126 2.5 -4.2 61 6.7 -0.6 282 25 305.3 306.0 287.9 317.6 4.00 8 650 3723 -0.1 -10.0 47 10.0 -4.1 279 25 308.9 309.4 287.9 317.6 2.74 9 600 4359 -3.7 -17.6 33 13.9 -8.4 273 24 311.8 312.1 287.8 317.1 1.59 10 550 5040 -8.2 -24.1 26 16.0 -12.5 271 23 314.4 314.6 288.0 317.8 0.99 11 500 5773 -13.0 -30.0 23 17.0 -16.7 275 23 317.2 317.3 288.6 319.5 0.63 12 450 6567 -18.2 -36.2 19 18.0 -21.2 277 23 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.39 13 400 7434 -24.7 -39.1 25 14.4 -26.6 286 25 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.32 14 350 8389 -32.6 -43.0 35 10.4 -33.6 288 20 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.25 15 300 9454 -41.8 -56.0 20 14.2 -42.5 308 13 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.6 0.06 16 250 10660 -52.0 -60.4 36 8.4 -52.2 312 20 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.04 17 200 12071 -59.8 -66.6 40 6.8 -59.9 305 24 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.02 18 150 13890 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 258 34 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16470 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 250 33 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.88 m Freezing level: 651.19 mb = 3708.43 m = 12166.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.46 mb = 3028.90 m = 9937.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.94 % Est. max temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.90 mb = 929.53 m = 3049.60 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.02 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.63 mb = 1794.73 m = 5888.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 2.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 25.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6634.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.36 mb = 1352.38 m = 4436.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.6 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 300.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 122.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 30.59 m/s