MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 16Z 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 176 SFC 986 296 20.2 15.5 74 4.7 17.1 298 7 294.5 296.6 290.8 326.9 11.30 2 950 616 16.5 13.5 82 3.0 14.7 289 11 294.0 295.8 289.8 323.5 10.32 3 900 1074 12.5 12.1 97 0.5 12.3 280 12 294.4 296.2 289.6 322.8 9.88 4 850 1552 10.3 9.1 92 1.2 9.6 267 18 296.9 298.5 289.3 321.8 8.56 5 800 2056 8.6 5.0 78 3.6 6.6 272 29 300.3 301.5 288.9 320.5 6.83 6 750 2587 5.0 2.7 85 2.3 3.8 273 34 302.0 303.1 288.9 320.6 6.20 7 700 3147 1.8 -0.6 84 2.4 0.6 276 33 304.5 305.5 288.9 320.4 5.23 8 650 3742 -0.7 -5.6 69 5.0 -2.9 276 32 308.2 308.9 288.8 320.3 3.86 9 600 4378 -3.9 -13.9 46 10.0 -7.5 273 33 311.6 312.0 288.3 318.7 2.18 10 550 5058 -8.3 -23.5 28 15.2 -12.5 272 34 314.2 314.4 288.0 317.7 1.04 11 500 5790 -13.7 -32.1 20 18.4 -17.4 272 35 316.4 316.5 288.2 318.2 0.52 12 450 6580 -19.7 -37.1 20 17.4 -22.4 273 37 318.5 318.6 288.7 319.8 0.35 13 400 7442 -26.3 -37.5 34 11.3 -27.8 272 38 320.9 320.9 289.5 322.2 0.38 14 350 8393 -33.3 -39.3 55 6.0 -34.0 269 41 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.36 15 300 9456 -41.5 -47.7 51 6.3 -41.8 266 44 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 16 250 10667 -50.8 -56.4 51 5.7 -50.9 266 54 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.07 17 200 12103 -53.4 -66.7 18 13.4 -53.7 252 52 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13951 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 249 50 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16521 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 256 28 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.41 m Freezing level: 663.43 mb = 3581.84 m = 11751.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.39 mb = 3246.01 m = 10649.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.53 % Est. max temperature: 23.49 C = 74.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.96 mb = 887.98 m = 2913.28 ft T: 14.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 6.35 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 1051.68 m = 3450.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.08 C = 68.14 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.88 mb = 1037.24 m = 3402.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.88 mb = 1177.69 m = 3863.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 858.88 mb = 1464.95 m = 4806.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 818.88 mb = 1861.86 m = 6108.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.8 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 303.8 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 91.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 47.80 m/s