MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 15Z 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 170 SFC 985 296 20.5 15.8 75 4.6 17.4 294 6 294.9 296.9 291.2 328.0 11.56 2 950 610 16.6 14.0 85 2.6 15.0 287 10 294.0 296.0 290.1 324.5 10.65 3 900 1068 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 279 11 294.6 296.4 289.9 323.7 10.16 4 850 1546 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 10.0 269 19 297.5 299.1 289.6 322.9 8.73 5 800 2051 9.0 5.3 77 3.7 6.9 275 29 300.8 302.1 289.2 321.5 6.99 6 750 2583 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.5 275 32 302.2 303.3 288.8 320.0 5.94 7 700 3143 2.0 -1.8 76 3.8 0.1 276 33 304.7 305.5 288.5 319.2 4.77 8 650 3738 -0.7 -7.7 59 7.0 -3.7 275 33 308.2 308.8 288.3 318.6 3.31 9 600 4373 -4.1 -14.8 43 10.7 -7.9 271 33 311.4 311.7 288.1 317.9 2.02 10 550 5053 -8.6 -22.4 32 13.9 -12.5 268 35 313.9 314.1 288.0 317.8 1.15 11 500 5785 -13.8 -29.2 26 15.4 -17.1 269 37 316.2 316.3 288.3 318.6 0.69 12 450 6575 -19.8 -33.3 29 13.5 -22.1 270 39 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.2 0.51 13 400 7436 -26.4 -35.3 43 8.9 -27.7 270 40 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.48 14 350 8386 -33.4 -40.0 51 6.7 -34.1 267 43 323.8 323.8 290.3 325.0 0.34 15 300 9450 -41.3 -48.7 45 7.4 -41.8 267 44 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.15 16 250 10662 -50.6 -57.3 45 6.8 -50.8 268 54 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 17 200 12098 -53.2 -66.8 18 13.6 -53.5 253 52 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13947 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 248 48 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16518 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 254 26 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.17 m Freezing level: 663.13 mb = 3581.60 m = 11750.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.58 mb = 3159.06 m = 10364.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.83 % Est. max temperature: 24.01 C = 75.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.25 mb = 879.13 m = 2884.26 ft T: 14.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 10.21 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 1008.92 m = 3310.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.15 C = 68.27 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: 0.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.19 mb = 1000.10 m = 3281.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.19 mb = 1046.90 m = 3434.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 872.19 mb = 1330.44 m = 4364.91 ft B at Equ Level: 3.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 832.19 mb = 1722.68 m = 5651.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.5 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 302.5 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 82.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 55.62 m/s