MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 19Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 46.13,-70.75 Latitude: 46.13 Longitude: -70.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 131 SFC 982 284 15.5 9.5 67 6.0 12.0 273 6 290.1 291.4 285.9 311.6 7.58 2 950 563 12.7 8.2 74 4.5 10.2 280 11 290.1 291.4 285.5 310.6 7.21 3 900 1014 8.4 6.9 90 1.5 7.6 279 14 290.2 291.4 285.3 310.0 6.96 4 850 1484 5.0 4.3 95 0.7 4.6 276 15 291.4 292.5 284.9 309.0 6.15 5 800 1976 1.8 1.3 96 0.5 1.6 273 15 293.1 294.1 284.7 308.4 5.26 6 750 2494 -1.6 -1.7 99 0.2 -1.6 260 11 294.9 295.7 284.6 308.1 4.49 7 700 3041 -4.0 -6.1 85 2.1 -4.8 252 10 298.1 298.7 284.8 308.5 3.47 8 650 3623 -6.5 -11.3 68 4.9 -8.2 263 8 301.7 302.1 285.1 309.3 2.47 9 600 4243 -10.4 -18.2 53 7.8 -12.6 278 6 304.1 304.4 284.9 309.0 1.52 10 550 4907 -14.9 -28.1 32 13.2 -17.7 293 4 306.4 306.5 284.8 308.7 0.69 11 500 5621 -20.1 -37.2 20 17.1 -22.5 308 3 308.6 308.6 285.2 309.7 0.31 12 450 6392 -26.0 -42.7 19 16.7 -27.8 284 4 310.6 310.6 285.8 311.3 0.20 13 400 7231 -33.0 -43.0 36 10.0 -33.8 271 3 312.1 312.1 286.4 312.9 0.22 14 350 8155 -40.3 -49.0 39 8.8 -40.7 343 5 314.5 314.5 287.1 314.9 0.13 15 300 9190 -46.9 -59.0 24 12.2 -47.2 333 9 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.4 0.04 16 250 10388 -48.1 -63.4 16 15.3 -48.5 220 19 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 17 200 11872 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -45.9 210 36 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 18 150 13777 -48.4 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 211 39 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.01 19 100 16425 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -52.1 214 31 428.7 428.7 308.7 428.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.95 m Freezing level: 772.84 mb = 2257.51 m = 7406.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.15 mb = 2229.46 m = 7314.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.97 % Est. max temperature: 17.36 C = 63.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.67 mb = 1035.41 m = 3396.97 ft T: 8.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.50 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1221.86 m = 4008.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.08 C = 60.94 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.70 mb = 1155.06 m = 3789.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.70 mb = 1390.68 m = 4562.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 689.70 mb = 3157.05 m = 10357.65 ft B at Equ Level: 34.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 609.70 mb = 4119.10 m = 13513.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -16.3 tot: -9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 121.83 Bulk Shear: 0.29 m/s