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: 43.03,-71.29 Latitude: 43.03 Longitude: -71.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 114 21.6 10.3 49 11.3 14.8 280 7 294.6 296.0 287.8 317.3 7.86 1 1000 127 20.5 9.0 47 11.5 13.7 276 7 293.7 294.9 286.9 314.4 7.20 2 950 567 16.0 7.9 58 8.1 11.3 278 10 293.4 294.7 286.6 313.7 7.03 3 900 1022 11.6 6.5 71 5.1 8.8 277 11 293.5 294.7 286.4 312.9 6.74 4 850 1497 7.7 3.2 73 4.6 5.4 276 11 294.2 295.3 285.6 310.7 5.65 5 800 1993 3.7 -0.6 73 4.4 1.7 268 13 295.1 295.9 284.8 308.6 4.56 6 750 2513 -0.4 -4.7 73 4.3 -2.2 254 15 296.1 296.8 284.1 306.9 3.60 7 700 3060 -5.2 -6.8 88 1.6 -5.8 234 15 296.7 297.3 284.0 306.6 3.28 8 650 3638 -9.3 -10.7 90 1.4 -9.8 225 16 298.4 298.9 284.0 306.4 2.61 9 600 4253 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.5 227 19 302.5 302.8 284.4 307.6 1.58 10 550 4917 -14.9 -27.9 32 13.0 -17.6 236 21 306.4 306.5 284.8 308.7 0.70 11 500 5630 -20.2 -33.9 28 13.7 -22.4 240 21 308.4 308.5 285.2 309.9 0.43 12 450 6399 -26.3 -35.9 40 9.6 -27.5 231 20 310.2 310.3 285.9 311.6 0.40 13 400 7238 -33.4 -39.7 53 6.3 -34.0 224 22 311.6 311.7 286.3 312.7 0.30 14 350 8160 -40.2 -50.9 31 10.7 -40.8 226 24 314.5 314.6 287.1 314.9 0.10 15 300 9200 -44.3 -61.1 14 16.8 -44.8 230 33 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.1 0.03 16 250 10424 -42.8 -67.3 5 24.5 -43.6 221 45 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.4 0.02 17 200 11928 -44.2 -75.3 2 31.1 -45.1 214 49 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 18 150 13832 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.2 211 52 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.8 0.00 19 100 16461 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.2 216 37 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5502.64 m Freezing level: 754.85 mb = 2462.99 m = 8080.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.53 mb = 2212.57 m = 7258.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.28 % Est. max temperature: 21.20 C = 70.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.51 mb = 1521.06 m = 4990.30 ft T: 7.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.87 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1741.44 m = 5713.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.66 C = 70.99 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 219.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.41 mb = 1599.70 m = 5248.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.41 mb = 1948.40 m = 6392.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.41 mb = 7335.30 m = 24065.65 ft B at Equ Level: 218.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.41 mb = 9326.40 m = 30598.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -7.9 tot: -7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.03 Bulk Shear: 12.15 m/s