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: 46.12,-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 166 SFC 985 292 19.8 16.5 81 3.3 17.6 299 5 294.2 296.4 291.3 328.7 12.06 2 950 605 16.0 14.7 92 1.3 15.2 301 9 293.5 295.4 290.3 325.2 11.14 3 900 1063 13.8 11.7 88 2.0 12.5 291 12 295.7 297.4 289.9 323.6 9.67 4 850 1545 12.4 8.8 79 3.6 10.2 279 22 299.1 300.6 289.9 323.7 8.37 5 800 2051 9.0 5.8 80 3.2 7.2 282 27 300.8 302.1 289.5 322.3 7.25 6 750 2582 5.0 3.4 90 1.5 4.1 278 29 302.0 303.2 289.2 321.5 6.53 7 700 3142 1.8 -0.9 82 2.7 0.5 274 30 304.5 305.4 288.8 320.1 5.12 8 650 3737 -1.0 -7.1 63 6.1 -3.6 270 29 307.9 308.5 288.3 318.7 3.46 9 600 4371 -4.7 -16.8 38 12.1 -8.7 266 31 310.7 311.0 287.5 316.3 1.72 10 550 5050 -8.9 -27.4 21 18.5 -13.4 265 34 313.5 313.6 287.4 316.0 0.73 11 500 5780 -13.8 -32.5 19 18.7 -17.5 265 37 316.2 316.3 288.1 318.0 0.50 12 450 6571 -19.5 -35.9 22 16.4 -22.2 265 40 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.40 13 400 7433 -26.2 -39.8 27 13.6 -27.9 265 44 321.0 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.30 14 350 8384 -33.5 -44.2 34 10.6 -34.5 264 47 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.22 15 300 9446 -41.4 -47.4 52 6.1 -41.8 267 47 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.18 16 250 10659 -50.4 -56.5 48 6.2 -50.5 266 53 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 17 200 12092 -54.0 -66.6 20 12.6 -54.2 257 53 347.2 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 13940 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 248 45 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16514 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 264 24 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.82 m Freezing level: 667.43 mb = 3529.34 m = 11579.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.36 mb = 3206.85 m = 10521.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.25 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.15 mb = 711.75 m = 2335.11 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 7.68 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1550.62 m = 5087.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.54 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 32.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.93 mb = 989.01 m = 3244.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.93 mb = 2441.51 m = 8010.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 372.93 mb = 7931.96 m = 26023.16 ft B at Equ Level: 62.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.93 mb = 9379.32 m = 30771.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -5.7 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 56.54 m/s