MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F004.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 19Z 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 133 SFC 981 295 24.9 16.2 58 8.7 19.1 240 12 299.7 301.8 292.9 334.4 11.88 2 950 577 21.3 14.3 64 7.0 16.8 242 20 298.8 300.8 291.9 330.6 10.88 3 900 1043 16.9 12.7 76 4.2 14.2 243 23 298.9 300.8 291.4 329.0 10.28 4 850 1527 13.0 9.1 77 3.9 10.7 249 24 299.8 301.3 290.3 325.0 8.58 5 800 2034 9.6 5.0 73 4.5 7.0 259 24 301.3 302.6 289.3 321.8 6.86 6 750 2567 6.3 2.0 74 4.3 4.1 268 24 303.5 304.6 289.2 321.3 5.91 7 700 3129 2.5 -0.3 82 2.8 1.1 276 25 305.3 306.3 289.2 321.6 5.36 8 650 3725 -0.7 -4.5 75 3.8 -2.5 286 27 308.2 309.0 289.1 321.3 4.20 9 600 4361 -3.9 -9.4 65 5.5 -6.2 286 29 311.6 312.2 289.2 321.5 3.12 10 550 5042 -7.6 -14.7 57 7.0 -10.1 281 29 315.0 315.5 289.5 322.4 2.23 11 500 5778 -11.8 -23.2 38 11.5 -14.9 275 28 318.7 318.9 289.6 322.7 1.18 12 450 6576 -17.3 -32.0 27 14.7 -20.2 266 29 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.6 0.58 13 400 7446 -24.0 -39.6 22 15.6 -26.1 254 31 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.31 14 350 8405 -31.6 -49.7 15 18.1 -33.1 234 30 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9473 -41.1 -56.6 17 15.4 -41.8 230 26 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.06 16 250 10682 -51.7 -59.4 39 7.7 -51.9 253 19 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.05 17 200 12101 -57.0 -67.2 26 10.2 -57.2 261 29 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13926 -56.3 -82.5 2 26.2 -56.6 261 38 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16481 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 263 31 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.53 m Freezing level: 660.83 mb = 3595.66 m = 11796.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.28 mb = 3311.58 m = 10864.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.83 mb = 1390.25 m = 4561.12 ft T: 14.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 13.11 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1646.95 m = 5403.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.70 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.70 mb = 1510.13 m = 4954.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.70 mb = 1861.06 m = 6105.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.70 mb = 10766.22 m = 35321.80 ft B at Equ Level: 349.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.70 mb = 12537.37 m = 41132.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.7 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 300.7 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 15.20 Bulk Shear: 23.17 m/s