MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 20Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.36,-71.75 Latitude: 42.36 Longitude: -71.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 995 178 21.1 8.7 45 12.4 13.8 294 10 294.7 296.0 287.2 315.3 7.11 2 950 572 16.4 7.2 54 9.2 11.2 293 15 293.8 295.0 286.5 313.2 6.70 3 900 1029 12.0 5.8 66 6.2 8.6 293 15 293.9 295.0 286.2 312.4 6.42 4 850 1504 8.0 2.0 66 6.0 4.9 293 15 294.6 295.5 285.2 309.8 5.20 5 800 2000 3.9 -1.3 69 5.2 1.4 292 15 295.3 296.1 284.6 308.1 4.33 6 750 2521 -0.4 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.1 292 15 296.1 296.8 284.2 307.1 3.68 7 700 3068 -4.7 -6.3 88 1.6 -5.3 294 17 297.3 297.9 284.4 307.6 3.41 8 650 3647 -8.3 -10.0 88 1.7 -8.9 293 20 299.6 300.1 284.5 308.0 2.76 9 600 4266 -10.4 -18.8 50 8.4 -12.8 287 24 304.0 304.3 284.8 308.7 1.44 10 550 4931 -14.3 -30.0 25 15.7 -17.4 282 28 307.1 307.2 284.9 309.1 0.58 11 500 5646 -19.6 -37.6 19 18.0 -22.2 279 30 309.1 309.2 285.4 310.2 0.30 12 450 6418 -25.3 -42.9 18 17.6 -27.2 283 32 311.5 311.5 286.1 312.2 0.19 13 400 7261 -31.6 -47.8 19 16.1 -32.9 284 35 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.4 0.13 14 350 8191 -38.2 -54.3 17 16.1 -38.9 276 42 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.6 0.07 15 300 9234 -45.6 -59.0 21 13.4 -46.0 261 47 321.0 321.1 289.1 321.2 0.04 16 250 10441 -45.6 -65.8 8 20.2 -46.2 242 45 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 17 200 11936 -44.6 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.4 228 52 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 18 150 13838 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.9 223 45 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 19 100 16455 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 224 36 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.90 m Freezing level: 754.74 mb = 2471.26 m = 8107.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.89 mb = 2205.65 m = 7236.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.61 % Est. max temperature: 21.05 C = 69.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.61 mb = 1722.49 m = 5651.15 ft T: 6.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 8.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1879.32 m = 6165.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.73 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: 2.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 27.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.88 mb = 1749.48 m = 5739.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.88 mb = 2102.98 m = 6899.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 579.88 mb = 4526.56 m = 14850.74 ft B at Equ Level: 121.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 379.88 mb = 7620.40 m = 25001.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.83 Bulk Shear: 7.67 m/s