MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F023.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508272100F023.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: 23 hour RUC valid 20Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.05,-78.73 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -78.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 995 184 18.5 15.7 84 2.8 16.7 228 9 292.1 294.1 290.0 324.3 11.35 2 950 576 15.1 13.7 91 1.4 14.2 239 20 292.5 294.4 289.4 322.1 10.41 3 900 1032 11.8 10.5 92 1.3 11.0 241 25 293.7 295.3 288.5 319.2 8.91 4 850 1508 8.2 7.4 95 0.8 7.8 245 27 294.7 296.1 287.6 316.7 7.62 5 800 2006 4.4 3.1 91 1.4 3.7 250 29 295.9 296.9 286.5 313.3 5.97 6 750 2528 0.8 -0.3 93 1.0 0.3 252 30 297.4 298.3 286.1 312.2 5.00 7 700 3081 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 254 28 301.2 302.2 287.5 316.2 4.98 8 650 3670 -3.8 -3.9 99 0.1 -3.9 256 27 304.6 305.4 288.1 318.1 4.40 9 600 4298 -7.7 -7.9 99 0.2 -7.8 254 26 307.2 307.8 288.1 318.1 3.51 10 550 4969 -12.0 -12.5 96 0.5 -12.2 251 26 309.8 310.3 288.2 318.3 2.66 11 500 5692 -17.0 -18.1 91 1.1 -17.3 251 28 312.4 312.7 288.2 318.4 1.84 12 450 6473 -22.6 -24.4 85 1.8 -23.0 252 29 314.8 315.1 288.3 318.8 1.18 13 400 7326 -29.1 -31.1 83 2.0 -29.4 257 29 317.2 317.3 288.6 319.7 0.71 14 350 8264 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 254 29 319.5 319.5 289.0 320.7 0.35 15 300 9311 -45.5 -49.8 62 4.2 -45.7 253 34 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.7 0.14 16 250 10498 -55.1 -57.4 75 2.3 -55.1 236 35 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.4 0.07 17 200 11921 -53.5 -70.0 12 16.5 -53.8 262 28 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13787 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 283 28 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16412 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.4 270 13 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.65 m Freezing level: 729.79 mb = 2751.72 m = 9027.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.33 mb = 2621.55 m = 8600.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.66 % Est. max temperature: 21.22 C = 70.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.88 mb = 532.50 m = 1747.02 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.05 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 912.30 m = 2993.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.78 C = 67.61 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.36 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.10 mb = 836.83 m = 2745.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.10 mb = 1068.45 m = 3505.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.10 mb = 8956.09 m = 29383.14 ft B at Equ Level: 438.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.10 mb = 11729.79 m = 38483.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 89.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 25.33 Bulk Shear: 17.30 m/s