MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.95,-72.36 Latitude: 41.95 Longitude: -72.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 994 193 15.7 14.0 89 1.8 14.7 173 6 289.4 291.2 288.1 317.9 10.14 2 950 580 16.6 12.1 75 4.5 13.8 211 28 294.1 295.7 289.0 320.9 9.36 3 900 1038 14.0 6.4 60 7.5 9.7 219 29 295.9 297.1 287.2 315.5 6.72 4 850 1517 9.9 4.3 68 5.6 6.9 216 25 296.5 297.6 286.9 314.5 6.13 5 800 2017 5.5 0.6 71 4.9 3.1 214 21 297.0 297.9 285.9 311.8 5.00 6 750 2540 0.5 -1.5 86 2.0 -0.4 223 19 297.2 298.0 285.6 310.8 4.58 7 700 3090 -3.2 -8.1 69 4.9 -5.1 239 19 298.9 299.5 284.5 308.0 2.97 8 650 3673 -5.1 -20.3 29 15.2 -9.5 232 19 303.2 303.4 284.2 306.9 1.17 9 600 4300 -7.5 -22.5 29 15.0 -11.6 230 24 307.4 307.6 285.7 310.9 1.05 10 550 4972 -11.4 -19.1 53 7.7 -13.7 230 29 310.5 310.8 287.3 315.6 1.53 11 500 5696 -16.2 -22.6 58 6.4 -17.9 228 31 313.3 313.5 287.9 317.4 1.24 12 450 6479 -21.6 -30.7 44 9.1 -23.3 227 32 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.3 0.66 13 400 7335 -28.3 -34.6 55 6.3 -29.2 224 34 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.1 0.51 14 350 8276 -36.1 -39.8 69 3.7 -36.5 217 35 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.3 0.34 15 300 9325 -45.0 -49.3 62 4.3 -45.2 213 41 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.14 16 250 10517 -53.4 -56.9 66 3.5 -53.5 219 51 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.07 17 200 11946 -53.6 -71.0 10 17.4 -53.9 222 52 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13798 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 235 38 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16401 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 228 22 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.04 m Freezing level: 742.79 mb = 2619.20 m = 8593.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.65 mb = 2479.20 m = 8133.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.89 % Est. max temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.41 mb = 415.43 m = 1362.95 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.94 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1604.80 m = 5265.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.96 C = 73.32 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: 0.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.01 C Showalter Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 25.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.27 mb = 1243.15 m = 4078.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.27 mb = 1983.59 m = 6507.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 593.27 mb = 4386.76 m = 14392.09 ft B at Equ Level: 167.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.27 mb = 7822.41 m = 25663.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.3 neg: -31.5 tot: 112.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 18.48 Bulk Shear: 9.09 m/s