MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 17Z 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 142 SFC 983 295 24.0 15.2 58 8.8 18.1 233 12 298.6 300.6 292.0 330.9 11.09 2 950 585 20.1 12.9 63 7.2 15.5 235 19 297.5 299.3 290.6 326.3 9.88 3 900 1049 15.9 11.0 73 4.9 12.9 239 21 297.9 299.6 290.2 324.6 9.18 4 850 1532 12.8 7.7 71 5.1 9.8 259 26 299.5 300.9 289.5 322.4 7.77 5 800 2038 9.0 6.0 81 3.0 7.3 272 28 300.7 302.1 289.5 322.5 7.34 6 750 2570 5.4 3.2 86 2.2 4.2 280 26 302.5 303.6 289.3 321.8 6.44 7 700 3130 2.3 -1.3 77 3.5 0.5 280 24 305.0 305.9 288.8 320.2 4.98 8 650 3726 -0.6 -6.6 64 6.0 -3.3 274 25 308.2 308.9 288.6 319.5 3.58 9 600 4362 -4.0 -11.6 56 7.6 -7.0 270 28 311.5 312.0 288.7 319.9 2.63 10 550 5043 -7.9 -17.0 48 9.1 -10.9 269 28 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.7 1.83 11 500 5777 -12.5 -24.1 37 11.6 -15.6 267 27 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.5 1.09 12 450 6572 -17.8 -32.1 28 14.3 -20.6 266 28 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.9 0.57 13 400 7442 -24.0 -39.8 22 15.7 -26.2 264 31 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.30 14 350 8400 -31.8 -51.2 13 19.4 -33.3 246 26 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.10 15 300 9467 -41.4 -55.8 20 14.4 -42.1 257 24 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.07 16 250 10675 -51.5 -60.9 32 9.4 -51.8 269 13 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.04 17 200 12087 -59.5 -66.4 40 6.9 -59.6 265 22 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 18 150 13907 -56.3 -83.1 2 26.8 -56.6 265 39 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16475 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 261 32 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.40 m Freezing level: 661.14 mb = 3593.26 m = 11788.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.49 mb = 3205.51 m = 10516.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.51 mb = 1398.46 m = 4588.06 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 8.53 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.26 mb = 1849.44 m = 6067.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.62 C = 78.12 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 2.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C K Index: 29.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.74 mb = 1563.87 m = 5130.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.74 mb = 2334.19 m = 7658.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 601.74 mb = 4338.56 m = 14233.95 ft B at Equ Level: 29.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 461.74 mb = 6378.09 m = 20925.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.4 neg: -3.6 tot: 113.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 27.07 m/s