MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z 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 130 SFC 981 294 24.4 15.7 58 8.7 18.6 247 9 299.1 301.2 292.4 332.7 11.49 2 950 575 22.0 14.2 61 7.8 17.0 248 19 299.6 301.5 292.0 331.2 10.81 3 900 1042 17.7 12.8 73 4.9 14.6 250 23 299.7 301.6 291.7 330.0 10.35 4 850 1527 13.6 8.8 73 4.8 10.7 253 25 300.3 301.9 290.3 325.1 8.38 5 800 2035 10.0 4.4 68 5.6 6.9 259 26 301.8 303.0 289.2 321.4 6.56 6 750 2569 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 3.9 272 24 304.2 305.2 289.0 320.9 5.51 7 700 3133 3.3 -0.7 75 4.0 1.3 281 25 306.2 307.1 289.4 322.1 5.19 8 650 3730 -0.2 -5.3 68 5.1 -2.6 285 27 308.7 309.5 289.1 321.1 3.96 9 600 4366 -4.0 -11.4 56 7.4 -6.9 284 27 311.5 312.0 288.8 320.1 2.66 10 550 5047 -8.2 -19.1 41 10.9 -11.6 279 27 314.3 314.6 288.6 319.5 1.53 11 500 5780 -12.6 -27.6 27 15.0 -16.2 269 29 317.7 317.9 288.9 320.5 0.79 12 450 6576 -17.5 -33.0 25 15.5 -20.5 255 30 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.53 13 400 7446 -23.6 -41.1 18 17.5 -25.9 247 32 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.3 0.26 14 350 8406 -31.4 -52.0 11 20.6 -33.0 245 30 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.7 0.09 15 300 9476 -40.6 -58.5 13 17.9 -41.3 244 26 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.4 0.05 16 250 10688 -50.9 -62.3 25 11.4 -51.2 268 23 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.03 17 200 12108 -58.6 -66.0 38 7.4 -58.7 275 28 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 18 150 13928 -56.4 -81.8 3 25.5 -56.7 267 42 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16495 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.1 -57.3 266 31 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.34 m Freezing level: 653.02 mb = 3693.73 m = 12118.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.08 mb = 3329.83 m = 10924.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.77 mb = 1390.93 m = 4563.36 ft T: 14.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 11.76 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1769.47 m = 5805.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 361.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.49 mb = 1591.87 m = 5222.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.49 mb = 2050.65 m = 6727.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.49 mb = 10726.90 m = 35192.80 ft B at Equ Level: 356.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.49 mb = 12483.25 m = 40955.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.4 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 300.4 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 19.08 Bulk Shear: 18.96 m/s