MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 5Z 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 983 288 17.0 13.6 80 3.4 14.8 257 3 291.5 293.3 288.7 319.8 9.98 2 950 584 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 15.9 286 18 296.3 298.3 291.0 327.6 10.82 3 900 1047 16.4 12.5 78 3.9 13.9 283 23 298.4 300.2 291.1 327.9 10.14 4 850 1531 12.6 10.1 85 2.5 11.1 274 24 299.3 301.0 290.6 326.2 9.17 5 800 2037 9.0 5.7 79 3.4 7.1 269 24 300.8 302.1 289.4 322.1 7.18 6 750 2570 6.5 -1.3 58 7.8 2.6 264 26 303.6 304.5 288.0 317.7 4.64 7 700 3132 3.2 -5.4 53 8.6 -0.7 262 25 306.1 306.8 287.9 317.4 3.66 8 650 3728 -0.6 -10.4 47 9.8 -4.6 262 25 308.2 308.7 287.6 316.7 2.66 9 600 4363 -4.4 -17.1 36 12.7 -8.7 258 26 311.0 311.3 287.6 316.4 1.66 10 550 5043 -8.5 -22.3 32 13.8 -12.4 259 28 314.0 314.2 288.1 317.9 1.16 11 500 5775 -13.3 -21.6 50 8.2 -15.6 266 27 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.4 1.36 12 450 6568 -18.9 -23.4 67 4.5 -20.0 276 27 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.9 1.29 13 400 7432 -25.7 -29.6 70 3.9 -26.4 277 28 321.6 321.8 290.1 324.5 0.82 14 350 8385 -32.8 -41.1 43 8.3 -33.7 268 33 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.30 15 300 9452 -40.5 -51.0 31 10.5 -41.1 258 38 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.8 0.12 16 250 10668 -49.8 -62.2 22 12.4 -50.1 249 35 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 12101 -55.8 -66.7 24 10.9 -56.0 249 43 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13933 -56.0 -82.6 2 26.6 -56.3 256 46 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16498 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 254 26 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.21 m Freezing level: 658.19 mb = 3630.72 m = 11911.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.41 mb = 3011.90 m = 9881.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.08 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.90 mb = 721.53 m = 2367.20 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 11.48 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.30 mb = 1656.95 m = 5436.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 27.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.33 mb = 1263.38 m = 4144.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.33 mb = 3456.68 m = 11340.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.33 mb = 8137.95 m = 26699.00 ft B at Equ Level: 85.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.33 mb = 9856.85 m = 32338.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.4 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 296.4 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.4 neg: -12.6 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.57 Bulk Shear: 18.94 m/s