MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271200F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271200F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 20Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.94,-71.25 Latitude: 42.94 Longitude: -71.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 96 22.1 9.0 43 13.1 14.3 287 8 294.9 296.1 287.3 315.6 7.17 1 1000 133 20.5 8.4 46 12.1 13.4 288 9 293.7 294.9 286.6 313.6 6.91 2 950 575 16.1 7.3 56 8.8 11.1 289 13 293.6 294.8 286.4 313.1 6.77 3 900 1031 11.9 5.6 65 6.3 8.5 288 13 293.8 294.9 286.1 312.2 6.34 4 850 1506 7.8 3.0 72 4.8 5.3 286 13 294.3 295.3 285.5 310.6 5.59 5 800 2002 3.7 -1.1 71 4.8 1.5 281 12 295.1 295.9 284.6 308.1 4.41 6 750 2522 -0.3 -5.3 69 5.0 -2.4 275 13 296.2 296.8 284.0 306.5 3.43 7 700 3069 -4.9 -7.0 85 2.1 -5.7 275 15 297.1 297.6 284.1 306.8 3.24 8 650 3647 -9.0 -9.9 93 0.9 -9.3 278 17 298.8 299.3 284.3 307.3 2.78 9 600 4263 -12.2 -16.3 71 4.1 -13.4 279 19 302.0 302.4 284.4 307.7 1.79 10 550 4925 -15.5 -26.0 40 10.5 -17.7 279 21 305.7 305.9 284.8 308.5 0.83 11 500 5637 -20.3 -36.8 22 16.5 -22.7 277 23 308.2 308.3 285.1 309.4 0.33 12 450 6407 -26.2 -40.6 24 14.5 -27.8 275 25 310.4 310.4 285.8 311.2 0.24 13 400 7247 -32.5 -44.1 31 11.6 -33.5 272 27 312.7 312.8 286.5 313.4 0.19 14 350 8174 -38.9 -53.4 20 14.4 -39.6 273 31 316.2 316.2 287.6 316.5 0.08 15 300 9218 -43.8 -59.8 15 15.9 -44.4 265 35 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.7 0.04 16 250 10435 -45.0 -64.1 10 19.0 -45.6 241 38 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.03 17 200 11933 -44.1 -75.2 2 31.2 -45.0 224 50 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 18 150 13836 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 220 47 383.8 383.8 302.8 383.8 0.00 19 100 16462 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 220 34 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5503.52 m Freezing level: 754.25 mb = 2477.61 m = 8128.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.09 mb = 2194.56 m = 7199.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.72 % Est. max temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.15 mb = 1728.64 m = 5671.33 ft T: 5.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.53 mb = 1844.49 m = 6051.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.08 C = 71.75 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: 0.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 29.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.88 mb = 1701.68 m = 5582.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.88 mb = 2155.59 m = 7072.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 504.88 mb = 5564.38 m = 18255.63 ft B at Equ Level: 178.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 334.88 mb = 8472.95 m = 27798.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 39.31 Bulk Shear: 4.55 m/s