MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z 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 22.9 15.4 63 7.5 17.9 241 7 297.6 299.7 291.8 330.3 11.26 2 950 578 21.8 14.3 63 7.5 16.9 246 19 299.3 301.3 292.0 331.1 10.87 3 900 1044 17.6 12.1 70 5.5 14.1 250 25 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.8 9.93 4 850 1530 13.8 7.8 67 6.0 10.2 255 26 300.6 302.0 289.9 323.7 7.80 5 800 2038 10.1 4.4 68 5.7 6.9 263 26 301.9 303.1 289.2 321.6 6.58 6 750 2572 7.0 0.9 65 6.1 3.8 273 23 304.2 305.2 289.0 320.8 5.46 7 700 3136 3.5 -1.0 73 4.5 1.2 280 24 306.3 307.3 289.3 321.9 5.08 8 650 3733 -0.2 -5.6 67 5.5 -2.7 282 26 308.8 309.5 289.0 320.8 3.86 9 600 4369 -4.0 -12.3 53 8.2 -7.2 280 27 311.5 311.9 288.6 319.5 2.49 10 550 5050 -8.3 -20.9 35 12.6 -12.0 278 27 314.2 314.5 288.3 318.7 1.31 11 500 5783 -12.8 -31.4 19 18.6 -16.7 274 29 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.4 0.55 12 450 6577 -18.0 -35.8 20 17.7 -21.1 263 31 320.6 320.7 289.4 322.0 0.40 13 400 7446 -24.2 -38.7 25 14.4 -26.3 250 32 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.34 14 350 8404 -31.6 -47.4 20 15.8 -33.0 244 30 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 15 300 9473 -40.4 -59.7 11 19.3 -41.2 248 26 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.04 16 250 10687 -50.5 -63.0 22 12.5 -50.8 268 23 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.03 17 200 12109 -58.0 -65.9 36 7.9 -58.1 268 28 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 13933 -55.8 -81.7 3 25.9 -56.2 268 41 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16505 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 268 30 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.02 m Freezing level: 652.58 mb = 3702.06 m = 12145.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.59 mb = 3314.94 m = 10875.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.93 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.75 mb = 1247.38 m = 4092.42 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.30 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.77 mb = 1853.75 m = 6081.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 29.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 269.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.98 mb = 1589.58 m = 5215.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.98 mb = 2473.37 m = 8114.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.98 mb = 9495.78 m = 31153.77 ft B at Equ Level: 269.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.98 mb = 12141.60 m = 39834.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 110.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 13.06 Bulk Shear: 20.66 m/s