MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 21Z 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 134 SFC 982 293 24.9 14.6 53 10.3 18.1 240 11 299.6 301.6 292.0 330.9 10.68 2 950 579 22.2 12.9 56 9.3 16.2 241 20 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.7 9.88 3 900 1046 17.6 11.8 68 5.9 13.9 242 23 299.7 301.4 291.2 328.1 9.68 4 850 1531 13.5 8.6 72 4.9 10.6 246 25 300.3 301.8 290.2 324.7 8.27 5 800 2038 9.7 5.1 73 4.6 7.1 260 26 301.5 302.8 289.4 322.1 6.91 6 750 2571 6.4 2.0 74 4.4 4.1 270 24 303.5 304.6 289.2 321.4 5.92 7 700 3134 2.9 -0.6 78 3.5 1.2 273 25 305.7 306.7 289.3 321.8 5.25 8 650 3730 -0.8 -4.1 78 3.3 -2.3 280 27 308.1 308.9 289.2 321.5 4.34 9 600 4365 -4.3 -10.3 63 6.0 -6.7 286 28 311.1 311.6 288.9 320.4 2.91 10 550 5046 -8.2 -18.8 42 10.6 -11.5 283 29 314.4 314.7 288.6 319.6 1.57 11 500 5780 -12.7 -28.1 26 15.4 -16.3 272 30 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.2 0.75 12 450 6574 -18.1 -33.1 26 14.9 -20.9 259 32 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.3 0.52 13 400 7442 -24.3 -40.1 22 15.8 -26.4 250 35 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.29 14 350 8400 -31.6 -47.5 19 16.0 -33.0 249 34 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 15 300 9469 -40.8 -56.2 17 15.5 -41.5 257 32 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.06 16 250 10682 -50.8 -62.4 24 11.7 -51.0 274 25 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.03 17 200 12101 -58.7 -66.3 37 7.6 -58.8 270 30 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 18 150 13927 -55.6 -82.7 2 27.1 -55.9 268 44 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16496 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 267 33 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.71 m Freezing level: 660.78 mb = 3601.72 m = 11816.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.05 mb = 3331.27 m = 10929.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.82 mb = 1592.11 m = 5223.40 ft T: 13.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1936.80 m = 6354.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.09 mb = 1749.56 m = 5739.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.09 mb = 2320.96 m = 7614.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.09 mb = 8136.66 m = 26694.75 ft B at Equ Level: 171.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.09 mb = 11406.00 m = 37420.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.30 Bulk Shear: 23.46 m/s