MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F051.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 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.15,-80.84 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -80.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 972 332 18.4 12.3 68 6.1 14.7 152 5 293.9 295.6 288.9 320.6 9.31 2 950 535 22.7 12.7 53 10.0 16.3 187 17 300.2 302.0 291.4 328.8 9.73 3 900 1003 18.9 11.4 62 7.6 14.1 208 24 301.0 302.7 291.4 328.8 9.42 4 850 1490 14.9 9.6 70 5.4 11.6 226 29 301.8 303.4 291.2 328.0 8.83 5 800 2000 10.4 7.4 82 3.0 8.6 234 32 302.2 303.7 290.7 326.3 8.10 6 750 2534 5.7 5.0 96 0.7 5.3 239 32 302.8 304.1 290.2 324.7 7.33 7 700 3096 3.8 -0.3 74 4.2 1.7 249 31 306.7 307.7 289.7 323.1 5.33 8 650 3696 1.4 -4.2 66 5.6 -1.3 249 28 310.5 311.4 290.0 324.1 4.32 9 600 4335 -2.8 -8.4 65 5.6 -5.2 243 30 312.9 313.5 289.9 323.7 3.39 10 550 5019 -7.0 -23.8 25 16.8 -11.7 244 34 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.3 1.02 11 500 5755 -11.9 -34.7 13 22.7 -16.4 246 34 318.5 318.6 288.7 320.0 0.40 12 450 6552 -17.3 -37.4 16 20.1 -20.7 244 33 321.5 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.34 13 400 7424 -22.9 -44.8 12 21.9 -25.6 242 35 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.18 14 350 8387 -30.6 -44.6 24 14.0 -32.0 251 43 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.21 15 300 9461 -39.6 -49.1 36 9.6 -40.2 254 44 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 16 250 10677 -50.8 -54.3 66 3.6 -50.9 268 55 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12099 -57.5 -67.6 27 10.1 -57.7 266 51 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 18 150 13914 -58.5 -82.7 3 24.2 -58.7 255 62 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16409 -67.3 -87.3 4 20.0 -67.5 263 32 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.26 m Freezing level: 633.46 mb = 3907.24 m = 12818.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.24 mb = 3435.41 m = 11270.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.14 % Est. max temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.77 mb = 1109.72 m = 3640.77 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2101.62 m = 6895.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.74 mb = 1825.93 m = 5990.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.74 mb = 2405.21 m = 7891.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 711.74 mb = 2960.21 m = 9711.85 ft B at Equ Level: 28.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 621.74 mb = 4050.74 m = 13289.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 254.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 65.73 m/s