MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 14Z 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 67 SFC 974 295 20.9 16.3 75 4.6 17.8 198 6 296.3 298.5 292.0 331.0 12.04 2 950 508 18.2 15.0 82 3.2 16.1 195 12 295.6 297.7 291.2 328.4 11.37 3 900 968 14.1 13.3 95 0.7 13.6 198 17 296.0 297.9 290.9 327.0 10.76 4 850 1449 11.1 10.2 94 0.9 10.6 204 20 297.8 299.4 290.2 324.6 9.22 5 800 1954 8.9 5.4 79 3.5 6.9 202 22 300.6 301.9 289.2 321.5 7.05 6 750 2486 6.0 2.6 79 3.3 4.2 201 25 303.1 304.2 289.3 321.7 6.18 7 700 3048 2.3 0.7 89 1.6 1.5 202 29 305.1 306.1 289.5 322.6 5.75 8 650 3643 -1.2 -2.3 92 1.1 -1.7 199 33 307.6 308.5 289.6 323.0 4.98 9 600 4277 -5.1 -6.4 90 1.4 -5.7 197 36 310.3 311.0 289.6 322.6 3.94 10 550 4955 -9.2 -11.5 83 2.3 -10.1 196 38 313.2 313.7 289.5 322.5 2.88 11 500 5686 -14.3 -18.2 72 3.9 -15.5 200 39 315.6 316.0 289.3 321.7 1.82 12 450 6476 -19.7 -25.5 60 5.8 -21.0 205 44 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.2 1.07 13 400 7340 -25.3 -29.5 68 4.2 -26.1 205 56 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.0 0.83 14 350 8295 -31.6 -41.4 38 9.7 -32.7 201 74 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.29 15 300 9368 -38.8 -48.0 37 9.2 -39.4 197 91 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.17 16 250 10601 -45.0 -61.6 14 16.6 -45.6 196 107 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12072 -50.9 -73.4 5 22.6 -51.3 201 106 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13924 -54.8 -83.0 2 28.3 -55.1 213 79 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16501 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 208 39 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.13 m Freezing level: 667.10 mb = 3439.20 m = 11283.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.97 mb = 3316.32 m = 10880.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.92 % Est. max temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.39 mb = 879.77 m = 2886.36 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.60 mb = 1047.01 m = 3435.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.90 C = 69.62 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 308.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.17 mb = 1013.42 m = 3324.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.17 mb = 1155.51 m = 3791.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.17 mb = 8090.46 m = 26543.17 ft B at Equ Level: 306.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.17 mb = 10331.43 m = 33895.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.19 Bulk Shear: 42.97 m/s