MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 20Z 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 131 SFC 981 296 24.6 16.6 61 7.9 19.2 242 12 299.3 301.5 293.0 335.0 12.20 2 950 576 21.4 15.0 67 6.4 17.2 245 20 298.9 301.0 292.3 332.0 11.33 3 900 1041 17.0 13.2 78 3.8 14.6 246 23 299.1 301.0 291.7 330.2 10.67 4 850 1526 13.1 9.8 81 3.2 11.1 250 25 299.8 301.5 290.6 326.2 8.99 5 800 2033 9.7 5.7 76 4.0 7.4 258 25 301.4 302.8 289.6 322.8 7.19 6 750 2566 6.5 2.6 76 4.0 4.4 267 24 303.7 304.8 289.4 322.2 6.14 7 700 3129 2.8 0.0 82 2.8 1.4 277 24 305.5 306.6 289.5 322.3 5.48 8 650 3725 -0.9 -4.4 77 3.5 -2.5 287 26 308.0 308.8 289.1 321.2 4.25 9 600 4361 -3.7 -10.5 59 6.9 -6.4 288 27 311.9 312.4 289.0 321.0 2.85 10 550 5043 -7.7 -15.5 53 7.8 -10.4 281 27 314.9 315.3 289.3 321.8 2.07 11 500 5779 -11.8 -23.1 39 11.3 -14.9 270 28 318.6 318.9 289.6 322.7 1.19 12 450 6576 -17.0 -32.6 25 15.6 -20.1 259 29 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.55 13 400 7448 -23.5 -42.5 16 19.0 -25.9 251 31 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.23 14 350 8408 -31.5 -51.0 13 19.5 -33.0 235 32 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.10 15 300 9476 -41.0 -57.8 15 16.8 -41.7 234 27 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.05 16 250 10686 -51.4 -60.7 32 9.3 -51.6 260 21 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.04 17 200 12108 -57.5 -66.9 29 9.4 -57.6 270 32 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.8 0.02 18 150 13927 -56.7 -82.0 3 25.3 -57.0 260 39 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16484 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 264 31 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.74 m Freezing level: 662.07 mb = 3581.13 m = 11748.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.32 mb = 3334.80 m = 10940.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.57 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.41 mb = 1295.77 m = 4251.17 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 12.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.85 mb = 1547.35 m = 5076.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 507.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.16 mb = 1445.19 m = 4741.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.16 mb = 1693.52 m = 5556.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.16 mb = 10863.15 m = 35639.82 ft B at Equ Level: 505.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.16 mb = 12664.33 m = 41549.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 299.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 27.71 Bulk Shear: 18.30 m/s