MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 3Z MON 4 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 142 SFC 982 295 18.3 14.5 78 3.8 15.9 218 5 293.0 294.8 289.8 323.2 10.62 2 950 585 20.8 12.9 61 7.8 15.8 261 22 298.2 300.0 290.9 327.1 9.91 3 900 1050 17.4 11.4 68 6.0 13.7 273 25 299.5 301.2 290.9 327.2 9.45 4 850 1535 13.2 9.1 76 4.1 10.7 271 24 299.9 301.5 290.3 325.2 8.56 5 800 2042 9.6 4.2 69 5.4 6.6 266 24 301.3 302.5 288.9 320.7 6.48 6 750 2575 6.8 -0.6 59 7.4 3.1 261 22 304.0 304.9 288.3 318.9 4.90 7 700 3139 3.5 -4.3 57 7.7 -0.2 264 22 306.3 307.1 288.3 318.6 3.97 8 650 3735 -0.4 -10.0 48 9.6 -4.3 268 23 308.5 309.0 287.8 317.2 2.74 9 600 4370 -4.4 -16.6 38 12.2 -8.5 270 23 311.1 311.4 287.7 316.8 1.74 10 550 5050 -8.7 -24.8 26 16.2 -12.9 269 25 313.8 314.0 287.8 317.0 0.93 11 500 5781 -13.4 -32.5 18 19.0 -17.3 269 27 316.7 316.8 288.2 318.4 0.50 12 450 6573 -18.9 -36.6 19 17.7 -21.8 272 30 319.5 319.5 289.0 320.8 0.37 13 400 7438 -25.2 -41.9 20 16.6 -27.2 270 32 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.24 14 350 8392 -32.6 -44.2 31 11.6 -33.6 263 34 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.22 15 300 9460 -40.2 -48.5 41 8.3 -40.7 257 32 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.16 16 250 10678 -49.7 -61.3 24 11.6 -50.0 251 26 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.04 17 200 12108 -56.7 -67.1 26 10.4 -56.9 250 34 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 13935 -55.5 -82.8 2 27.3 -55.9 254 44 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16501 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 265 26 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.80 m Freezing level: 655.53 mb = 3669.29 m = 12038.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.42 mb = 3110.37 m = 10204.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.40 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.31 mb = 783.80 m = 2571.48 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.43 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1928.56 m = 6327.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.36 C = 79.44 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 27.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.46 mb = 1560.39 m = 5119.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.46 mb = 3582.43 m = 11753.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.46 mb = 7574.33 m = 24849.88 ft B at Equ Level: 76.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.46 mb = 9403.47 m = 30850.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.0 neg: -17.7 tot: 82.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 12.97 Bulk Shear: 5.94 m/s