MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F006.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: 6 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 128 SFC 981 295 24.7 16.4 60 8.4 19.1 246 11 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.7 12.02 2 950 574 21.8 14.7 64 7.1 17.1 248 19 299.3 301.4 292.2 331.9 11.15 3 900 1040 17.4 13.2 76 4.2 14.7 249 23 299.4 301.4 291.9 330.5 10.64 4 850 1525 13.3 9.8 79 3.5 11.2 252 26 300.1 301.7 290.7 326.5 8.96 5 800 2032 9.7 5.6 76 4.1 7.3 258 26 301.5 302.8 289.6 322.7 7.14 6 750 2566 6.7 2.0 72 4.7 4.2 268 24 303.9 305.0 289.3 321.7 5.90 7 700 3129 3.0 -0.3 79 3.3 1.3 278 25 305.8 306.8 289.4 322.1 5.34 8 650 3725 -0.6 -4.7 73 4.2 -2.5 286 26 308.3 309.1 289.1 321.2 4.14 9 600 4361 -4.0 -10.2 62 6.2 -6.5 287 26 311.5 312.1 289.0 320.9 2.93 10 550 5042 -8.0 -17.1 48 9.1 -11.1 279 26 314.5 314.9 288.9 320.5 1.81 11 500 5777 -12.1 -25.2 33 13.0 -15.5 266 28 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.7 0.99 12 450 6574 -17.1 -32.6 25 15.4 -20.1 253 30 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.55 13 400 7446 -23.4 -43.6 14 20.2 -25.9 248 31 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.20 14 350 8406 -31.4 -52.5 11 21.1 -33.0 238 32 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.7 0.08 15 300 9475 -40.8 -58.2 14 17.4 -41.5 237 27 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.05 16 250 10686 -51.1 -61.7 27 10.6 -51.4 265 22 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.2 0.04 17 200 12108 -58.2 -66.3 34 8.2 -58.3 275 31 340.6 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 18 150 13927 -56.4 -82.2 3 25.8 -56.7 262 41 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16490 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 266 31 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.42 m Freezing level: 657.87 mb = 3631.47 m = 11914.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.82 mb = 3328.86 m = 10921.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.07 mb = 1346.58 m = 4417.85 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 12.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1621.79 m = 5320.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 505.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.83 mb = 1506.85 m = 4943.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.83 mb = 1756.25 m = 5761.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.83 mb = 11031.06 m = 36190.69 ft B at Equ Level: 493.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.83 mb = 12886.37 m = 42277.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 31.39 Bulk Shear: 16.09 m/s