MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040300F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.07,-78.7 Latitude: 43.07 Longitude: -78.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 181 30.5 12.7 34 17.8 18.9 36 6 303.3 305.0 291.9 330.7 9.21 1 1000 213 28.8 11.9 35 16.8 18.0 59 6 301.9 303.5 291.1 328.0 8.78 2 950 666 24.6 10.5 41 14.1 15.8 64 6 302.2 303.7 290.9 327.1 8.40 3 900 1136 20.3 9.2 49 11.1 13.5 91 5 302.4 303.9 290.7 326.6 8.12 4 850 1625 15.8 7.9 59 8.0 11.1 128 6 302.7 304.2 290.6 326.2 7.87 5 800 2136 11.1 5.7 69 5.4 8.0 148 8 303.0 304.3 290.2 324.6 7.20 6 750 2670 6.4 2.5 76 3.9 4.3 154 11 303.5 304.6 289.3 322.0 6.12 7 700 3231 1.6 -1.7 79 3.3 0.0 161 11 304.3 305.2 288.4 319.1 4.84 8 650 3824 -1.5 -9.5 54 8.0 -4.7 191 12 307.3 307.8 287.5 316.3 2.86 9 600 4460 -3.6 -19.4 28 15.8 -8.7 226 14 311.9 312.2 287.6 316.5 1.37 10 550 5142 -7.5 -20.7 34 13.2 -11.5 244 14 315.2 315.4 288.6 319.7 1.34 11 500 5876 -12.3 -23.4 39 11.2 -15.3 251 16 318.1 318.3 289.4 322.1 1.16 12 450 6672 -17.6 -29.0 36 11.4 -20.1 246 20 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.77 13 400 7542 -24.0 -32.1 47 8.2 -25.4 236 22 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.64 14 350 8501 -31.2 -41.2 37 10.0 -32.3 242 27 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.30 15 300 9576 -38.3 -48.6 33 10.3 -39.0 240 41 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.16 16 250 10813 -44.2 -56.9 23 12.7 -44.8 237 65 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 17 200 12286 -50.5 -67.4 12 17.0 -50.9 242 68 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14135 -56.0 -79.5 4 23.4 -56.3 247 55 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16668 -62.0 -86.8 2 24.8 -62.2 254 25 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.23 m Freezing level: 673.94 mb = 3540.19 m = 11614.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.79 mb = 3233.38 m = 10608.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.62 mb = 2402.40 m = 7881.81 ft T: 8.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.89 mb = 2572.22 m = 8438.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: 0.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 32.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.42 mb = 2425.95 m = 7959.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.42 mb = 2807.35 m = 9210.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 587.42 mb = 4625.93 m = 15176.76 ft B at Equ Level: 70.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.42 mb = 8350.64 m = 27396.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 34.34 m/s