MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040900F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 17Z 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 177 SFC 986 297 20.8 14.7 68 6.0 16.8 296 8 295.1 297.0 290.5 325.9 10.73 2 950 617 16.5 12.7 78 3.8 14.1 292 12 293.9 295.7 289.3 321.9 9.75 3 900 1074 12.4 11.2 93 1.1 11.7 284 13 294.3 295.9 289.1 321.1 9.35 4 850 1552 10.0 8.0 88 2.0 8.8 269 17 296.6 298.0 288.6 319.7 7.94 5 800 2055 8.4 3.3 70 5.1 5.7 272 28 300.1 301.2 288.2 318.2 6.09 6 750 2586 4.9 2.5 84 2.4 3.7 273 35 301.9 303.0 288.8 320.2 6.12 7 700 3145 1.8 -1.5 79 3.3 0.2 276 34 304.5 305.4 288.5 319.4 4.90 8 650 3740 -0.5 -9.1 52 8.7 -4.1 276 32 308.4 309.0 288.0 317.7 2.94 9 600 4376 -3.7 -19.3 29 15.6 -8.7 275 32 311.8 312.1 287.6 316.4 1.38 10 550 5057 -8.2 -29.2 17 21.0 -13.2 274 32 314.3 314.5 287.6 316.5 0.62 11 500 5789 -13.6 -37.6 11 24.1 -17.7 274 33 316.5 316.5 287.9 317.6 0.30 12 450 6580 -19.5 -40.4 14 20.8 -22.5 275 35 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.6 0.25 13 400 7442 -26.2 -38.0 32 11.8 -27.8 272 36 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.36 14 350 8393 -33.4 -37.9 64 4.5 -33.9 269 40 323.8 323.8 290.3 325.3 0.42 15 300 9456 -41.5 -48.4 47 6.9 -41.9 263 45 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.16 16 250 10666 -50.9 -56.6 51 5.6 -51.1 264 55 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.07 17 200 12102 -53.2 -67.3 16 14.1 -53.5 252 53 348.5 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13951 -55.4 -83.7 2 28.3 -55.7 251 52 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16524 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 260 29 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.78 m Freezing level: 660.61 mb = 3614.14 m = 11857.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.71 mb = 3171.55 m = 10405.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.84 % Est. max temperature: 23.20 C = 73.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.98 mb = 1055.71 m = 3463.56 ft T: 12.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 7.68 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.62 mb = 1237.26 m = 4059.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.74 C = 69.32 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 2.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 28.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7808.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.38 mb = 1145.34 m = 3757.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.0 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 305.0 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 42.02 m/s