MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F005.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 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 46.11,-70.80 Latitude: 46.11 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 136 SFC 982 293 23.0 15.4 62 7.6 17.9 242 7 297.7 299.7 291.8 330.3 11.25 2 950 581 21.7 14.3 63 7.3 16.9 247 18 299.2 301.2 292.0 330.9 10.86 3 900 1047 17.5 12.5 73 4.9 14.3 250 24 299.5 301.4 291.5 329.3 10.19 4 850 1533 13.6 7.8 68 5.8 10.2 254 25 300.4 301.8 289.8 323.4 7.81 5 800 2040 9.9 3.2 63 6.7 6.3 262 25 301.7 302.8 288.7 319.8 6.04 6 750 2573 6.9 -0.9 57 7.8 3.0 272 22 304.1 305.0 288.3 318.7 4.78 7 700 3137 3.6 -2.6 64 6.2 0.6 279 23 306.5 307.3 288.9 320.4 4.52 8 650 3735 -0.0 -6.8 60 6.8 -3.0 279 25 309.0 309.6 288.8 320.1 3.54 9 600 4371 -4.0 -12.5 52 8.5 -7.2 276 26 311.5 311.9 288.5 319.4 2.44 10 550 5051 -8.2 -20.4 37 12.1 -11.9 274 27 314.3 314.6 288.4 318.9 1.37 11 500 5785 -12.7 -29.8 23 17.1 -16.5 270 29 317.5 317.7 288.7 319.8 0.65 12 450 6579 -18.1 -36.1 19 18.0 -21.1 262 32 320.5 320.6 289.3 322.0 0.39 13 400 7447 -24.3 -40.5 21 16.2 -26.4 253 34 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.28 14 350 8405 -31.6 -45.4 24 13.8 -32.9 247 34 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.19 15 300 9476 -39.8 -56.0 16 16.2 -40.6 258 29 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.06 16 250 10694 -49.8 -62.5 21 12.7 -50.1 271 23 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.03 17 200 12120 -57.9 -65.6 37 7.7 -58.0 276 29 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 18 150 13941 -56.1 -81.7 3 25.6 -56.4 265 40 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16509 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 264 32 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.08 m Freezing level: 650.00 mb = 3734.54 m = 12252.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.53 mb = 3235.21 m = 10614.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.99 mb = 1257.40 m = 4125.29 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1790.25 m = 5873.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.42 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 27.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.51 mb = 1557.05 m = 5108.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.51 mb = 2222.56 m = 7291.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.51 mb = 9192.28 m = 30158.03 ft B at Equ Level: 276.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.51 mb = 12040.55 m = 39502.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 15.02 Bulk Shear: 18.55 m/s