MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 8Z 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 147 SFC 983 290 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.4 197 3 290.0 291.8 288.2 318.4 10.06 2 950 588 17.3 15.6 89 1.7 16.2 277 12 294.8 296.9 291.3 328.6 11.79 3 900 1049 15.2 13.4 89 1.9 14.1 273 17 297.2 299.2 291.3 328.5 10.78 4 850 1532 12.4 9.8 84 2.6 10.9 268 22 299.2 300.8 290.5 325.6 9.00 5 800 2038 9.2 6.2 82 3.0 7.5 271 23 300.9 302.3 289.7 323.0 7.45 6 750 2571 6.2 2.1 75 4.1 4.0 275 27 303.3 304.4 289.1 321.3 5.94 7 700 3133 2.8 -0.4 79 3.3 1.2 276 32 305.6 306.6 289.3 321.8 5.30 8 650 3729 -0.9 -2.7 88 1.8 -1.7 277 33 308.0 308.9 289.6 322.9 4.84 9 600 4364 -4.9 -6.1 91 1.2 -5.4 277 32 310.4 311.2 289.7 323.1 4.03 10 550 5043 -9.1 -10.2 91 1.1 -9.5 274 32 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.6 3.20 11 500 5775 -13.6 -15.0 88 1.5 -14.0 270 31 316.5 317.0 290.1 324.3 2.38 12 450 6568 -19.1 -21.5 81 2.4 -19.7 268 30 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.53 13 400 7432 -25.7 -31.1 61 5.3 -26.6 269 32 321.6 321.7 290.0 324.1 0.72 14 350 8384 -33.0 -42.2 39 9.2 -33.9 272 37 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.27 15 300 9448 -41.4 -50.4 37 9.0 -41.9 266 44 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.13 16 250 10661 -49.9 -55.0 55 5.1 -50.1 260 43 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 17 200 12093 -55.7 -65.9 27 10.2 -55.8 257 46 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13926 -55.6 -81.6 2 26.1 -55.9 258 46 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16497 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 258 33 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.09 m Freezing level: 661.84 mb = 3588.28 m = 11772.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.66 mb = 3370.41 m = 11057.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.83 % Est. max temperature: 25.17 C = 77.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.78 mb = 518.04 m = 1699.59 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 7.30 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1428.02 m = 4685.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.19 C = 75.54 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 176.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.68 mb = 976.76 m = 3204.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.68 mb = 2761.37 m = 9059.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.68 mb = 8530.12 m = 27985.61 ft B at Equ Level: 176.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.68 mb = 10851.82 m = 35602.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.67 Bulk Shear: 37.80 m/s