MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z FRI 29 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 127 SFC 994 181 20.3 15.5 74 4.8 17.2 182 7 294.0 296.0 290.6 326.0 11.22 2 950 567 16.5 13.3 81 3.2 14.5 185 16 293.9 295.8 289.6 323.0 10.15 3 900 1025 12.9 9.7 81 3.2 11.0 191 20 294.8 296.4 288.5 319.2 8.44 4 850 1503 9.6 4.4 70 5.2 6.8 204 22 296.2 297.3 286.8 314.2 6.17 5 800 2003 5.7 0.3 68 5.4 3.0 219 25 297.2 298.1 285.9 311.6 4.88 6 750 2526 1.2 -0.3 90 1.5 0.4 229 29 297.8 298.7 286.2 312.6 4.99 7 700 3078 -1.8 -2.0 99 0.2 -1.9 233 28 300.5 301.4 287.0 314.7 4.73 8 650 3665 -5.0 -5.1 99 0.1 -5.0 225 28 303.3 304.1 287.3 315.6 4.03 9 600 4290 -8.9 -10.3 90 1.4 -9.4 224 30 305.9 306.4 287.1 315.0 2.92 10 550 4960 -12.5 -17.8 65 5.3 -14.1 224 30 309.2 309.5 287.0 314.7 1.71 11 500 5681 -16.6 -30.0 31 13.3 -19.3 229 31 312.7 312.9 287.1 314.9 0.64 12 450 6465 -21.0 -43.4 11 22.4 -23.8 235 32 316.9 316.9 287.9 317.6 0.18 13 400 7323 -27.5 -40.6 28 13.0 -29.0 235 33 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.28 14 350 8266 -35.6 -44.9 38 9.2 -36.4 228 35 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.20 15 300 9317 -44.5 -50.9 49 6.4 -44.7 226 39 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.12 16 250 10514 -52.1 -58.9 44 6.8 -52.3 215 45 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.05 17 200 11948 -53.9 -68.1 16 14.2 -54.1 226 47 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13803 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 229 37 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16409 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 229 22 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.44 m Freezing level: 730.32 mb = 2743.55 m = 9001.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.59 mb = 2627.28 m = 8619.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.76 % Est. max temperature: 22.61 C = 72.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.24 mb = 781.98 m = 2565.53 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 14.38 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.66 mb = 1206.86 m = 3959.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.67 C = 71.01 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.21 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 30.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 418.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.19 mb = 1070.14 m = 3510.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.19 mb = 1403.35 m = 4604.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.19 mb = 7139.56 m = 23423.46 ft B at Equ Level: 418.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.19 mb = 11329.73 m = 37170.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 133.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 9.91 Bulk Shear: 42.26 m/s