MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 9Z 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 148 SFC 983 293 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.6 230 3 290.0 291.9 288.4 319.0 10.30 2 950 588 16.7 15.9 95 0.8 16.2 286 13 294.1 296.3 291.3 328.5 12.05 3 900 1049 14.6 13.9 96 0.7 14.2 277 16 296.5 298.6 291.4 328.8 11.18 4 850 1531 11.9 11.0 94 0.9 11.3 269 22 298.6 300.4 290.9 327.1 9.75 5 800 2036 8.8 7.3 90 1.6 7.9 266 24 300.6 302.0 290.0 324.3 8.02 6 750 2568 6.1 3.5 83 2.6 4.6 272 26 303.2 304.4 289.6 322.8 6.56 7 700 3131 2.9 0.2 82 2.7 1.5 278 30 305.7 306.7 289.6 322.7 5.56 8 650 3727 -0.7 -3.4 82 2.6 -2.0 283 31 308.2 309.0 289.5 322.4 4.60 9 600 4362 -4.7 -7.3 82 2.6 -5.8 283 31 310.7 311.3 289.5 322.3 3.67 10 550 5042 -9.0 -11.0 86 2.0 -9.8 279 31 313.4 314.0 289.7 323.1 3.01 11 500 5773 -13.8 -15.9 84 2.1 -14.5 273 31 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.5 2.21 12 450 6565 -19.3 -25.0 60 5.7 -20.6 269 33 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.8 1.11 13 400 7429 -25.6 -32.4 53 6.8 -26.7 267 36 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.0 0.63 14 350 8381 -33.2 -40.3 49 7.1 -34.0 266 39 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.32 15 300 9444 -41.5 -48.9 44 7.4 -41.9 265 45 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.15 16 250 10657 -50.0 -54.3 60 4.3 -50.1 262 44 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12088 -55.7 -65.5 28 9.8 -55.9 258 50 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 13918 -56.2 -82.0 3 25.8 -56.6 259 49 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16481 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 262 33 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.54 m Freezing level: 659.84 mb = 3609.92 m = 11843.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.05 mb = 3387.26 m = 11112.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.36 mb = 477.37 m = 1566.17 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 6.59 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 983.24 mb = 292.83 m = 960.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.54 C = 59.98 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 215.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.78 mb = 854.38 m = 2803.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.78 mb = 2079.82 m = 6823.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.78 mb = 8875.63 m = 29119.18 ft B at Equ Level: 215.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.78 mb = 11032.73 m = 36196.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 6.16 Bulk Shear: 35.02 m/s