MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250900F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 18Z MON 25 AUG 25 Station: 42.41,-71.48 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -71.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 998 85 24.4 19.7 75 4.7 21.1 266 8 297.7 300.4 294.4 340.1 14.63 2 950 517 20.1 16.6 80 3.5 17.8 266 10 297.6 299.9 292.8 334.1 12.60 3 900 981 16.6 13.9 84 2.7 14.8 263 10 298.6 300.7 292.0 331.2 11.17 4 850 1466 13.0 11.2 89 1.8 11.9 255 10 299.8 301.6 291.4 328.9 9.91 5 800 1974 10.3 6.8 79 3.5 8.3 250 13 302.2 303.6 290.4 325.3 7.78 6 750 2508 6.7 2.7 75 4.1 4.5 247 18 303.9 305.0 289.6 322.6 6.20 7 700 3071 2.8 -0.1 81 2.9 1.3 243 20 305.6 306.6 289.4 322.2 5.43 8 650 3670 1.4 -6.1 57 7.5 -2.0 233 21 310.6 311.3 289.5 322.3 3.73 9 600 4310 -2.4 -12.6 45 10.2 -6.4 230 26 313.3 313.8 289.1 321.2 2.42 10 550 4996 -5.9 -35.3 8 29.3 -12.2 231 38 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.3 0.35 11 500 5735 -10.8 -40.0 7 29.1 -16.0 225 44 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.7 0.24 12 450 6533 -17.0 -42.5 9 25.4 -20.8 221 48 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.20 13 400 7405 -23.1 -48.8 8 25.7 -25.9 221 55 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.3 0.11 14 350 8369 -29.3 -56.4 5 27.1 -31.3 219 66 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.05 15 300 9454 -36.0 -62.9 5 26.9 -37.3 212 76 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 16 250 10702 -41.8 -67.6 4 25.8 -42.6 208 103 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 17 200 12188 -50.2 -72.8 5 22.6 -50.6 204 99 353.3 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14033 -57.3 -82.2 3 25.0 -57.5 213 76 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16560 -60.2 -86.6 2 26.4 -60.5 212 42 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.50 m Freezing level: 631.54 mb = 3906.46 m = 12816.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.41 mb = 3300.66 m = 10828.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.77 mb = 683.50 m = 2242.42 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 17.98 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1115.01 m = 3658.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.18 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.19 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 521.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.55 mb = 985.69 m = 3233.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.55 mb = 1224.67 m = 4017.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.55 mb = 9120.64 m = 29922.99 ft B at Equ Level: 516.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.55 mb = 11416.88 m = 37456.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 16.03 Bulk Shear: 32.51 m/s