MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 15Z 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 974 293 21.5 16.3 73 5.1 18.1 214 6 296.8 299.0 292.2 331.8 12.09 2 950 507 18.6 14.9 79 3.7 16.2 206 11 296.0 298.1 291.3 328.6 11.30 3 900 968 14.4 13.4 93 1.0 13.8 204 15 296.4 298.3 291.0 327.6 10.79 4 850 1449 11.0 10.6 98 0.4 10.7 202 18 297.6 299.3 290.3 325.2 9.49 5 800 1953 8.5 6.2 86 2.3 7.2 198 21 300.2 301.6 289.5 322.3 7.46 6 750 2485 5.7 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 198 25 302.7 303.9 289.5 322.3 6.53 7 700 3047 2.3 0.8 90 1.5 1.5 199 28 305.1 306.2 289.6 322.8 5.81 8 650 3642 -1.2 -2.3 92 1.1 -1.7 196 32 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.9 4.97 9 600 4276 -5.2 -7.1 87 1.8 -6.0 194 35 310.1 310.8 289.3 321.9 3.75 10 550 4954 -9.4 -13.9 70 4.5 -11.0 194 38 312.9 313.3 288.9 320.6 2.37 11 500 5683 -14.6 -21.7 55 7.1 -16.6 198 40 315.2 315.5 288.6 319.7 1.34 12 450 6472 -19.9 -26.8 54 6.8 -21.4 201 48 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.5 0.95 13 400 7335 -25.4 -36.9 34 11.4 -27.1 202 59 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.41 14 350 8290 -31.9 -47.7 19 15.8 -33.2 199 76 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.15 15 300 9361 -39.0 -54.2 18 15.2 -39.8 197 90 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.08 16 250 10595 -44.4 -61.9 13 17.5 -45.0 196 106 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12070 -50.4 -73.7 5 23.3 -50.8 201 106 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13925 -54.4 -82.5 2 28.1 -54.8 212 77 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16501 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 202 41 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.69 m Freezing level: 667.11 mb = 3438.14 m = 11279.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.48 mb = 3321.03 m = 10895.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.68 % Est. max temperature: 23.55 C = 74.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.51 mb = 935.17 m = 3068.11 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.50 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1097.16 m = 3599.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.35 C = 70.43 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.61 mb = 1056.59 m = 3466.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.61 mb = 1199.48 m = 3935.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.61 mb = 8377.61 m = 27485.25 ft B at Equ Level: 410.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.61 mb = 10712.04 m = 35144.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.3 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 227.3 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 8.83 Bulk Shear: 46.74 m/s