MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 14Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.66,-79.49 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -79.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 997 170 19.6 14.5 73 5.1 16.3 226 21 292.9 294.8 289.6 322.8 10.47 2 950 585 15.6 11.3 76 4.3 13.0 238 24 293.0 294.6 288.2 318.3 8.86 3 900 1042 12.3 9.4 82 2.9 10.6 247 26 294.2 295.7 288.1 317.9 8.25 4 850 1518 8.2 6.8 91 1.4 7.4 255 26 294.7 296.0 287.4 315.9 7.31 5 800 2016 4.6 3.8 94 0.9 4.2 262 25 296.1 297.2 286.9 314.5 6.29 6 750 2539 1.8 -0.6 84 2.5 0.6 266 23 298.5 299.4 286.4 313.0 4.87 7 700 3093 -1.2 -3.1 87 1.9 -2.1 268 20 301.2 302.0 286.8 314.3 4.35 8 650 3680 -4.0 -8.9 69 4.9 -6.0 267 20 304.5 305.0 286.6 313.8 3.00 9 600 4309 -6.7 -15.7 49 9.0 -9.6 265 21 308.4 308.8 286.9 314.5 1.88 10 550 4984 -11.0 -19.7 49 8.7 -13.5 262 21 311.1 311.4 287.4 315.9 1.46 11 500 5708 -16.2 -23.4 54 7.2 -18.0 256 21 313.3 313.5 287.8 317.2 1.16 12 450 6491 -21.9 -28.0 58 6.0 -23.1 251 21 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.6 0.85 13 400 7346 -28.2 -32.7 66 4.4 -28.9 248 24 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.4 0.61 14 350 8288 -35.8 -39.4 70 3.6 -36.1 251 28 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.8 0.36 15 300 9339 -44.2 -48.4 63 4.2 -44.5 252 32 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.16 16 250 10534 -54.2 -57.2 69 3.0 -54.3 254 32 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.07 17 200 11943 -56.5 -66.5 28 10.0 -56.7 267 36 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 13796 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 267 26 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16405 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 292 18 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.04 m Freezing level: 719.72 mb = 2874.21 m = 9429.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.76 mb = 2660.15 m = 8727.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.88 % Est. max temperature: 21.42 C = 70.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.45 mb = 805.98 m = 2644.26 ft T: 14.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1265.10 m = 4150.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.07 C = 69.93 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 0.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 29.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.85 mb = 1126.66 m = 3696.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.85 mb = 1460.65 m = 4792.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 615.85 mb = 4104.50 m = 13466.05 ft B at Equ Level: 100.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 395.85 mb = 7419.70 m = 24342.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.3 neg: -3.1 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.28 Bulk Shear: 12.20 m/s