MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 18Z 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 140 SFC 982 293 24.7 14.9 55 9.7 18.2 234 12 299.3 301.3 292.0 331.3 10.94 2 950 584 20.9 12.7 60 8.1 15.7 236 19 298.4 300.1 290.8 326.9 9.79 3 900 1048 16.6 11.1 70 5.5 13.1 239 21 298.6 300.2 290.5 325.6 9.24 4 850 1532 13.0 7.9 71 5.2 10.0 256 24 299.8 301.2 289.6 323.0 7.86 5 800 2039 9.3 5.5 77 3.8 7.2 272 27 301.1 302.4 289.4 322.1 7.09 6 750 2571 5.6 3.2 84 2.5 4.3 278 25 302.7 303.9 289.3 322.0 6.43 7 700 3132 2.2 -0.5 82 2.7 0.8 278 24 304.9 305.9 289.0 321.0 5.27 8 650 3727 -1.2 -4.8 76 3.6 -2.9 276 26 307.6 308.4 288.9 320.4 4.12 9 600 4362 -4.4 -9.5 67 5.1 -6.5 273 27 311.0 311.6 289.0 320.8 3.09 10 550 5043 -7.7 -15.9 52 8.2 -10.5 271 26 314.9 315.3 289.2 321.6 2.02 11 500 5779 -11.9 -24.1 35 12.3 -15.2 269 27 318.6 318.8 289.5 322.3 1.08 12 450 6575 -17.4 -32.7 25 15.3 -20.4 268 30 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.3 0.54 13 400 7445 -24.0 -39.2 23 15.3 -26.1 265 33 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.32 14 350 8404 -31.9 -50.4 14 18.5 -33.3 250 30 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.11 15 300 9470 -41.5 -55.7 20 14.3 -42.1 250 27 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.07 16 250 10678 -51.6 -60.8 33 9.1 -51.8 257 18 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.04 17 200 12092 -58.4 -66.7 34 8.3 -58.5 262 27 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 18 150 13915 -56.0 -83.1 2 27.2 -56.3 261 39 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16485 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 263 32 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.74 m Freezing level: 667.37 mb = 3520.29 m = 11549.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.62 mb = 3263.59 m = 10707.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.91 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.12 mb = 1511.12 m = 4957.69 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 10.85 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1911.18 m = 6270.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 2.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 30.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.23 mb = 1658.67 m = 5441.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.23 mb = 2330.05 m = 7644.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.23 mb = 5011.15 m = 16440.57 ft B at Equ Level: 68.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.23 mb = 7404.36 m = 24292.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.8 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 297.8 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 104.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 24.74 m/s