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: 42.79,-71.35 Latitude: 42.79 Longitude: -71.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 22.3 9.9 45 12.5 14.8 274 6 294.9 296.3 287.7 316.9 7.60 1 1000 127 20.7 8.5 46 12.2 13.6 275 8 293.9 295.1 286.8 314.0 6.98 2 950 568 16.2 7.6 57 8.6 11.3 275 10 293.6 294.8 286.5 313.5 6.89 3 900 1024 11.8 6.1 68 5.7 8.6 274 11 293.6 294.8 286.2 312.6 6.55 4 850 1499 7.8 3.2 73 4.5 5.4 272 11 294.3 295.3 285.6 310.9 5.68 5 800 1995 3.8 -0.6 73 4.4 1.7 265 13 295.2 296.0 284.8 308.7 4.58 6 750 2515 -0.3 -4.6 73 4.2 -2.1 252 15 296.2 296.8 284.2 307.0 3.63 7 700 3062 -5.0 -7.6 82 2.6 -6.1 235 15 296.9 297.5 283.8 306.2 3.07 8 650 3640 -9.1 -12.0 80 2.9 -10.1 227 16 298.6 299.0 283.7 305.8 2.34 9 600 4256 -11.6 -19.9 50 8.3 -13.8 229 19 302.7 303.0 284.1 306.9 1.31 10 550 4920 -14.9 -30.4 25 15.5 -17.9 238 22 306.4 306.5 284.7 308.3 0.55 11 500 5632 -20.1 -37.7 19 17.6 -22.6 242 22 308.5 308.6 285.1 309.6 0.30 12 450 6402 -26.1 -39.3 28 13.1 -27.6 233 22 310.4 310.5 285.8 311.4 0.28 13 400 7242 -33.2 -41.6 43 8.4 -34.0 227 24 311.8 311.9 286.3 312.7 0.25 14 350 8164 -40.0 -51.3 29 11.3 -40.6 231 26 314.8 314.8 287.1 315.2 0.10 15 300 9205 -44.0 -60.8 14 16.8 -44.6 234 35 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.04 16 250 10429 -42.8 -67.3 5 24.4 -43.6 221 48 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 17 200 11933 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.2 215 50 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 18 150 13836 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 212 53 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 19 100 16464 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 216 37 426.5 426.5 308.4 426.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5505.28 m Freezing level: 754.22 mb = 2471.34 m = 8107.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.77 mb = 2222.14 m = 7290.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.14 % Est. max temperature: 21.59 C = 70.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.89 mb = 1625.95 m = 5334.43 ft T: 6.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.12 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.63 mb = 1796.62 m = 5894.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.21 C = 71.99 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 28.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 184.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.28 mb = 1661.41 m = 5450.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.28 mb = 2012.46 m = 6602.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.28 mb = 5805.66 m = 19047.20 ft B at Equ Level: 184.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.28 mb = 9021.43 m = 29597.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -6.2 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.46 Bulk Shear: 11.96 m/s