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: 46.15,-70.77 Latitude: 46.15 Longitude: -70.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 983 285 24.8 16.4 60 8.4 19.1 239 12 299.4 301.6 292.9 334.5 12.02 2 950 577 21.3 14.3 64 7.0 16.8 242 20 298.8 300.8 291.9 330.5 10.86 3 900 1042 16.9 12.6 76 4.2 14.2 243 23 298.9 300.8 291.4 328.9 10.27 4 850 1527 13.0 9.2 78 3.8 10.7 249 24 299.8 301.3 290.3 325.1 8.60 5 800 2033 9.5 5.1 74 4.4 7.1 259 25 301.3 302.6 289.3 321.9 6.90 6 750 2566 6.3 2.0 74 4.3 4.1 267 24 303.5 304.5 289.2 321.3 5.91 7 700 3128 2.6 -0.3 81 2.9 1.1 276 25 305.3 306.3 289.2 321.6 5.34 8 650 3724 -0.7 -4.6 75 3.9 -2.5 286 27 308.2 309.0 289.1 321.2 4.18 9 600 4360 -3.9 -9.6 65 5.6 -6.2 286 29 311.6 312.1 289.2 321.4 3.09 10 550 5042 -7.6 -14.9 56 7.2 -10.2 281 29 315.0 315.4 289.4 322.2 2.19 11 500 5778 -11.8 -23.4 38 11.6 -14.9 275 28 318.7 318.9 289.6 322.7 1.16 12 450 6575 -17.3 -31.9 27 14.6 -20.2 266 29 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.6 0.59 13 400 7445 -24.0 -39.5 22 15.6 -26.1 254 31 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.31 14 350 8404 -31.6 -49.8 15 18.2 -33.1 234 30 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9472 -41.1 -56.5 17 15.4 -41.8 231 26 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.06 16 250 10681 -51.7 -59.4 39 7.7 -51.9 253 20 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.4 0.05 17 200 12100 -57.1 -67.1 27 10.0 -57.3 261 30 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 13925 -56.3 -82.5 2 26.2 -56.6 261 38 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 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: 5645.44 m Freezing level: 660.56 mb = 3598.43 m = 11805.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.97 mb = 3302.92 m = 10836.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.41 mb = 1335.19 m = 4380.48 ft T: 14.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 13.22 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1636.70 m = 5369.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.80 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 31.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.67 mb = 1499.93 m = 4920.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.67 mb = 1850.57 m = 6071.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.67 mb = 10740.75 m = 35238.25 ft B at Equ Level: 354.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.67 mb = 12503.71 m = 41022.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 15.12 Bulk Shear: 23.61 m/s