MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 13Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 46.09,-70.71 Latitude: 46.09 Longitude: -70.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 SFC 985 293 19.8 16.5 81 3.4 17.6 296 5 294.2 296.4 291.3 328.7 12.05 2 950 605 16.1 14.8 92 1.3 15.3 298 9 293.5 295.5 290.4 325.5 11.19 3 900 1063 13.8 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 291 13 295.8 297.5 289.9 323.7 9.69 4 850 1545 12.4 8.9 79 3.6 10.3 280 22 299.2 300.7 289.9 323.9 8.43 5 800 2051 9.0 5.9 81 3.1 7.3 282 27 300.7 302.1 289.5 322.4 7.31 6 750 2582 5.0 3.5 90 1.5 4.1 278 29 302.0 303.2 289.2 321.6 6.55 7 700 3142 1.9 -0.8 82 2.7 0.5 274 30 304.6 305.5 288.8 320.3 5.16 8 650 3737 -0.9 -6.4 66 5.5 -3.3 269 29 307.9 308.6 288.5 319.3 3.64 9 600 4371 -4.7 -15.6 42 10.9 -8.5 265 31 310.6 311.0 287.7 316.8 1.88 10 550 5050 -8.9 -27.5 21 18.6 -13.4 265 34 313.6 313.7 287.5 316.1 0.73 11 500 5781 -13.7 -32.6 19 18.9 -17.5 265 38 316.3 316.4 288.1 318.0 0.49 12 450 6571 -19.5 -36.4 21 17.0 -22.2 265 40 318.8 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.38 13 400 7434 -26.1 -40.5 25 14.3 -27.9 264 44 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.28 14 350 8384 -33.5 -44.7 32 11.2 -34.5 264 47 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.3 0.20 15 300 9447 -41.4 -47.5 52 6.1 -41.8 267 47 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.18 16 250 10660 -50.3 -56.4 49 6.1 -50.5 266 53 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 17 200 12093 -53.9 -66.8 19 12.9 -54.1 256 52 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13941 -54.6 -83.0 2 28.3 -55.0 248 46 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16515 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 263 24 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.69 m Freezing level: 666.43 mb = 3541.48 m = 11618.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.93 mb = 3223.65 m = 10576.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.64 mb = 716.10 m = 2349.39 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.83 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1548.74 m = 5081.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.75 C = 76.56 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.34 mb = 994.42 m = 3262.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.34 mb = 2340.68 m = 7679.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 372.34 mb = 7944.01 m = 26062.70 ft B at Equ Level: 73.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.34 mb = 9619.18 m = 31558.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: -5.6 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 55.44 m/s