MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F004.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 25 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 66 SFC 974 294 20.1 16.2 78 3.9 17.5 173 7 295.5 297.6 291.7 329.9 11.98 2 950 507 17.7 15.1 85 2.6 16.0 178 12 295.1 297.2 291.2 328.0 11.46 3 900 967 14.3 12.9 91 1.4 13.4 191 19 296.2 298.1 290.7 326.4 10.44 4 850 1448 11.9 9.5 85 2.4 10.5 202 19 298.6 300.3 290.1 324.5 8.82 5 800 1954 9.7 5.1 73 4.5 7.1 206 22 301.5 302.7 289.4 322.1 6.92 6 750 2487 6.2 2.4 77 3.8 4.2 208 26 303.3 304.5 289.3 321.7 6.09 7 700 3049 2.2 0.9 91 1.3 1.5 204 29 305.0 306.0 289.6 322.7 5.85 8 650 3644 -1.2 -2.5 91 1.2 -1.8 200 34 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.7 4.91 9 600 4279 -4.9 -6.5 89 1.6 -5.6 198 38 310.4 311.2 289.6 322.8 3.92 10 550 4958 -9.0 -10.6 88 1.6 -9.6 197 39 313.4 314.0 289.8 323.4 3.10 11 500 5689 -13.8 -15.4 88 1.5 -14.3 199 39 316.2 316.6 289.9 323.8 2.31 12 450 6481 -19.2 -20.2 91 1.1 -19.4 207 40 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.9 1.70 13 400 7346 -25.2 -26.2 91 1.0 -25.4 209 53 322.2 322.5 290.6 326.2 1.13 14 350 8303 -31.6 -40.8 40 9.2 -32.6 205 70 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.31 15 300 9376 -38.8 -41.3 78 2.4 -39.1 200 91 330.6 330.7 292.2 332.0 0.34 16 250 10610 -45.1 -58.2 22 13.1 -45.6 198 109 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12076 -51.8 -72.9 6 21.2 -52.1 202 107 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13921 -55.3 -82.6 2 27.3 -55.6 214 79 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16496 -56.3 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 212 39 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.14 m Freezing level: 667.71 mb = 3433.48 m = 11264.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.10 mb = 3316.33 m = 10880.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.68 C = 76.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.77 mb = 781.73 m = 2564.71 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 8.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1218.96 m = 3999.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.78 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 204.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.84 mb = 1024.50 m = 3361.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.84 mb = 2499.99 m = 8201.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.84 mb = 7735.56 m = 25378.81 ft B at Equ Level: 203.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.84 mb = 9871.27 m = 32385.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.9 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 229.9 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 79.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.48 Bulk Shear: 45.61 m/s