MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508262100F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508262100F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.42,-71.53 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -71.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 92 19.1 14.2 73 4.9 16.0 282 6 291.7 293.5 288.9 320.5 10.16 1 1000 147 17.8 12.7 72 5.1 14.7 294 7 291.0 292.6 287.8 317.2 9.25 2 950 583 13.8 11.0 83 2.7 12.1 293 10 291.1 292.7 287.4 315.9 8.71 3 900 1037 10.5 7.7 83 2.8 8.9 287 10 292.3 293.6 286.5 313.3 7.32 4 850 1510 6.9 4.3 83 2.6 5.5 268 11 293.3 294.4 285.7 311.0 6.12 5 800 2005 3.0 0.1 81 2.9 1.7 251 12 294.4 295.3 284.8 308.5 4.83 6 750 2524 -0.7 -2.7 86 2.0 -1.6 238 12 295.8 296.5 284.6 308.1 4.17 7 700 3072 -4.2 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 240 12 297.8 298.5 285.1 309.5 3.89 8 650 3653 -7.6 -7.9 97 0.3 -7.7 243 13 300.4 301.0 285.4 310.3 3.24 9 600 4273 -11.3 -12.0 95 0.7 -11.6 234 13 303.0 303.5 285.7 310.9 2.54 10 550 4934 -16.1 -18.2 84 2.0 -16.7 231 16 304.9 305.2 285.4 310.2 1.66 11 500 5644 -21.1 -26.0 64 4.9 -22.1 230 18 307.3 307.5 285.5 310.4 0.92 12 450 6412 -26.8 -31.7 63 5.0 -27.5 226 20 309.6 309.7 285.9 311.6 0.60 13 400 7250 -33.4 -43.0 38 9.6 -34.1 226 27 311.6 311.7 286.2 312.4 0.22 14 350 8174 -39.5 -53.2 22 13.8 -40.1 229 32 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.8 0.08 15 300 9217 -43.8 -61.4 13 17.6 -44.3 230 35 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.8 0.03 16 250 10436 -44.5 -68.8 5 24.3 -45.2 222 48 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.01 17 200 11933 -44.2 -75.3 2 31.1 -45.1 222 48 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 18 150 13841 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 219 46 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 19 100 16467 -53.3 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 219 34 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5496.69 m Freezing level: 759.61 mb = 2424.73 m = 7955.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.70 mb = 2263.83 m = 7427.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.06 % Est. max temperature: 20.60 C = 69.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.49 mb = 703.51 m = 2308.09 ft T: 12.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.99 mb = 1110.92 m = 3644.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.87 C = 67.77 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.19 mb = 970.21 m = 3183.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.19 mb = 1296.84 m = 4254.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.19 mb = 7937.03 m = 26039.81 ft B at Equ Level: 513.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.19 mb = 10117.82 m = 33194.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -8.0 tot: -7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 41.33 Bulk Shear: 12.45 m/s