MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271200F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271200F005.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 17Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.71,-71.16 Latitude: 42.71 Longitude: -71.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 47 22.4 9.0 42 13.4 14.5 274 6 294.8 296.1 287.3 315.6 7.16 1 1000 126 20.2 7.7 45 12.5 13.0 281 8 293.3 294.5 286.2 312.4 6.61 2 950 567 15.7 6.8 55 8.9 10.7 282 10 293.1 294.3 286.0 311.9 6.51 3 900 1022 11.5 5.3 66 6.2 8.1 280 11 293.4 294.5 285.8 311.3 6.20 4 850 1496 7.4 3.8 78 3.6 5.5 272 12 293.9 294.9 285.7 311.0 5.91 5 800 1992 3.4 1.4 87 2.0 2.4 261 15 294.7 295.7 285.4 310.2 5.30 6 750 2512 -0.6 -2.3 88 1.7 -1.3 249 14 295.9 296.7 284.8 308.7 4.32 7 700 3060 -4.6 -7.2 82 2.5 -5.6 230 14 297.4 297.9 284.2 307.0 3.19 8 650 3638 -8.2 -15.5 56 7.3 -10.4 222 17 299.7 300.0 283.5 305.2 1.76 9 600 4257 -10.9 -24.7 31 13.8 -14.2 221 22 303.5 303.6 283.9 306.3 0.86 10 550 4920 -14.8 -29.8 27 15.0 -17.7 220 24 306.5 306.6 284.7 308.5 0.59 11 500 5633 -20.0 -34.1 27 14.1 -22.2 221 25 308.6 308.7 285.4 310.1 0.43 12 450 6404 -26.0 -36.4 37 10.5 -27.3 218 28 310.6 310.7 286.0 311.9 0.38 13 400 7245 -32.7 -40.0 48 7.3 -33.4 215 34 312.4 312.5 286.6 313.5 0.29 14 350 8169 -39.6 -50.3 31 10.7 -40.2 217 37 315.3 315.4 287.3 315.7 0.11 15 300 9212 -43.7 -61.3 12 17.7 -44.2 213 45 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.03 16 250 10436 -42.8 -67.0 5 24.1 -43.6 215 53 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 17 200 11938 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.2 212 53 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 18 150 13840 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 211 54 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16464 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 216 40 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5507.14 m Freezing level: 757.35 mb = 2435.46 m = 7990.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.71 mb = 2323.99 m = 7624.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: 21.40 C = 70.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.31 mb = 1717.64 m = 5635.22 ft T: 5.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1847.67 m = 6061.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.12 C = 71.82 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 28.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.74 mb = 1703.54 m = 5588.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.74 mb = 2157.51 m = 7078.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 593.74 mb = 4336.67 m = 14227.74 ft B at Equ Level: 77.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.74 mb = 6666.75 m = 21872.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -12.7 tot: -12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.59 Bulk Shear: 21.84 m/s