MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 41.70,-70.24 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -70.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 4 20.7 15.7 73 5.0 17.5 359 2 292.6 294.6 290.0 324.2 11.12 1 1000 131 19.3 13.0 67 6.3 15.4 301 2 292.4 294.1 288.5 319.3 9.44 2 950 570 16.4 9.2 62 7.2 12.1 250 6 293.8 295.2 287.4 315.9 7.69 3 900 1028 12.8 6.9 68 5.8 9.5 255 9 294.6 295.9 287.0 314.8 6.96 4 850 1504 8.8 3.9 71 4.9 6.2 254 13 295.3 296.4 286.3 312.7 5.94 5 800 2002 4.8 -0.2 70 5.0 2.4 244 16 296.3 297.1 285.4 310.2 4.72 6 750 2525 0.8 -3.2 75 3.9 -1.0 235 20 297.4 298.1 285.1 309.5 4.04 7 700 3075 -3.7 -5.2 89 1.6 -4.3 229 23 298.4 299.1 285.1 309.6 3.70 8 650 3656 -7.2 -10.9 75 3.7 -8.5 223 23 300.8 301.3 284.8 308.7 2.55 9 600 4276 -10.3 -17.2 57 6.9 -12.4 217 25 304.2 304.5 285.1 309.4 1.65 10 550 4941 -14.3 -24.8 41 10.4 -16.7 215 31 307.1 307.2 285.4 310.2 0.93 11 500 5656 -19.4 -36.8 20 17.4 -22.0 217 36 309.4 309.5 285.5 310.6 0.33 12 450 6429 -25.2 -41.9 20 16.7 -27.1 218 39 311.5 311.6 286.1 312.3 0.21 13 400 7272 -31.6 -46.9 21 15.3 -32.8 216 47 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.4 0.14 14 350 8205 -36.3 -58.9 8 22.6 -37.4 211 62 319.8 319.8 288.7 320.0 0.04 15 300 9261 -41.4 -63.1 8 21.7 -42.2 211 73 326.9 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 16 250 10497 -41.6 -70.6 3 29.0 -42.5 210 85 344.3 344.3 295.3 344.3 0.01 17 200 11996 -45.7 -75.8 2 30.0 -46.5 208 78 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 18 150 13884 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 212 69 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16495 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 212 43 423.0 423.0 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5525.08 m Freezing level: 741.45 mb = 2618.79 m = 8591.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.62 mb = 2368.56 m = 7770.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.44 % Est. max temperature: 23.23 C = 73.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.80 mb = 634.71 m = 2082.36 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1496.83 m = 4910.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.16 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 30.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 383.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.27 mb = 1260.08 m = 4134.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.27 mb = 1796.85 m = 5895.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 380.27 mb = 7625.50 m = 25017.76 ft B at Equ Level: 379.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.27 mb = 9484.51 m = 31116.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.89 Bulk Shear: 48.64 m/s