MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.17,-78.62 Latitude: 43.17 Longitude: -78.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 159 30.4 14.4 38 16.0 19.7 71 1 302.8 304.7 292.6 333.3 10.25 1 1000 227 27.6 13.8 43 13.8 18.5 88 3 300.7 302.5 291.7 330.0 9.93 2 950 680 23.4 12.2 49 11.2 16.3 145 3 301.0 302.7 291.4 328.8 9.44 3 900 1148 19.1 10.8 59 8.3 13.9 165 5 301.2 302.9 291.2 328.1 9.08 4 850 1636 14.7 8.9 68 5.8 11.2 166 8 301.5 303.1 290.7 326.5 8.42 5 800 2145 10.4 5.4 71 4.9 7.6 161 9 302.2 303.5 289.8 323.3 7.06 6 750 2678 6.1 1.3 71 4.8 3.6 158 11 303.2 304.3 288.8 320.2 5.63 7 700 3240 2.3 -3.5 66 5.8 -0.4 162 11 305.0 305.8 288.1 318.0 4.22 8 650 3835 -1.2 -4.5 78 3.3 -2.7 192 9 307.6 308.4 289.0 320.7 4.22 9 600 4470 -4.8 -6.1 91 1.3 -5.4 226 9 310.5 311.3 289.8 323.2 4.03 10 550 5149 -8.7 -11.6 79 3.0 -9.8 231 10 313.8 314.3 289.7 323.0 2.85 11 500 5882 -12.9 -18.6 62 5.7 -14.7 238 14 317.3 317.6 289.7 323.2 1.76 12 450 6675 -18.5 -23.7 63 5.2 -19.8 240 16 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.3 1.25 13 400 7543 -24.6 -29.7 62 5.1 -25.6 232 17 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.9 0.81 14 350 8501 -31.0 -37.4 53 6.4 -31.8 229 20 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.6 0.44 15 300 9576 -39.2 -45.6 51 6.4 -39.7 224 26 330.1 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.21 16 250 10798 -48.0 -58.2 30 10.2 -48.3 228 37 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12257 -50.4 -69.6 9 19.2 -50.8 230 45 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14125 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 249 34 376.9 376.9 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16668 -61.5 -87.5 2 25.9 -61.7 267 17 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.69 m Freezing level: 667.07 mb = 3631.56 m = 11914.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.55 mb = 3175.32 m = 10417.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.61 mb = 2159.16 m = 7083.77 ft T: 10.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.62 mb = 2242.24 m = 7356.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 30.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.59 mb = 2076.00 m = 6810.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.59 mb = 2443.63 m = 8017.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.59 mb = 8267.52 m = 27124.09 ft B at Equ Level: 301.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.59 mb = 11298.14 m = 37066.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.2 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 224.2 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 27.84 Bulk Shear: 10.86 m/s