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: 42.55,-71.23 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -71.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 53 26.8 17.7 58 9.0 20.5 264 6 299.7 302.1 293.6 337.3 12.83 1 1000 69 24.6 17.2 63 7.4 19.6 258 3 297.8 300.0 292.7 333.9 12.46 2 950 515 20.4 15.7 74 4.7 17.2 263 8 297.9 300.1 292.3 332.4 11.87 3 900 980 16.8 13.5 81 3.4 14.7 263 10 298.8 300.8 291.8 330.4 10.83 4 850 1465 13.0 11.1 88 1.9 11.9 258 10 299.8 301.6 291.3 328.6 9.83 5 800 1973 10.1 7.3 83 2.8 8.5 254 12 301.9 303.4 290.5 325.9 8.05 6 750 2507 6.9 2.8 75 4.1 4.7 249 17 304.1 305.3 289.7 323.1 6.27 7 700 3070 3.5 -0.2 77 3.7 1.6 239 20 306.4 307.4 289.6 322.9 5.40 8 650 3670 1.3 -4.3 66 5.6 -1.3 228 21 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.9 4.28 9 600 4310 -2.3 -12.2 46 10.0 -6.2 228 26 313.5 314.0 289.2 321.6 2.49 10 550 4996 -5.8 -33.4 9 27.6 -12.0 229 36 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.7 0.42 11 500 5736 -10.6 -40.7 6 30.1 -15.9 224 44 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.9 0.22 12 450 6534 -16.9 -43.1 8 26.2 -20.7 219 48 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.19 13 400 7407 -23.1 -49.4 7 26.3 -25.9 219 54 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.4 0.11 14 350 8371 -29.1 -56.7 5 27.6 -31.2 218 66 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 15 300 9456 -35.8 -62.3 5 26.5 -37.1 210 77 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 16 250 10705 -41.6 -67.9 4 26.3 -42.5 208 103 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 17 200 12190 -50.3 -72.7 5 22.4 -50.8 203 99 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14033 -57.5 -81.9 3 24.4 -57.8 213 77 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 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: 5666.52 m Freezing level: 631.58 mb = 3906.01 m = 12814.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.66 mb = 3392.81 m = 11131.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.18 mb = 1188.03 m = 3897.69 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.39 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1327.41 m = 4354.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 31.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 209.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.89 mb = 1152.28 m = 3780.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.89 mb = 1594.80 m = 5232.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.89 mb = 8230.28 m = 27001.90 ft B at Equ Level: 208.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.89 mb = 10257.48 m = 33652.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -0.5 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.58 Bulk Shear: 37.64 m/s