MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 17Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 46.12,-70.80 Latitude: 46.12 Longitude: -70.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 981 292 10.1 3.2 62 6.9 6.7 333 4 284.9 285.7 280.7 298.6 4.90 2 950 554 6.4 1.6 72 4.8 4.1 326 7 283.7 284.4 279.7 296.4 4.53 3 900 994 2.2 0.5 89 1.7 1.4 328 8 283.8 284.5 279.6 296.2 4.41 4 850 1453 -0.6 -1.8 92 1.2 -1.1 336 12 285.5 286.2 279.9 296.8 3.95 5 800 1937 -0.8 -6.2 67 5.4 -3.0 342 12 290.3 290.8 280.9 299.1 3.00 6 750 2451 -2.3 -11.1 51 8.8 -5.4 336 11 294.1 294.4 281.6 300.6 2.17 7 700 2996 -5.2 -15.5 44 10.4 -8.4 336 10 296.8 297.1 282.1 301.8 1.63 8 650 3574 -7.9 -20.5 35 12.7 -11.3 341 13 300.1 300.3 282.9 303.7 1.15 9 600 4193 -10.3 -29.2 20 18.9 -14.3 342 21 304.2 304.4 283.8 306.2 0.57 10 550 4859 -13.5 -38.5 10 25.1 -17.4 343 32 308.1 308.1 284.9 309.0 0.25 11 500 5578 -17.7 -35.4 20 17.7 -20.6 341 43 311.4 311.5 286.3 312.7 0.38 12 450 6356 -23.2 -39.1 22 15.8 -25.3 338 52 314.0 314.1 287.1 315.1 0.29 13 400 7207 -29.5 -48.9 14 19.3 -31.1 335 61 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.0 0.11 14 350 8144 -36.8 -53.0 17 16.3 -37.7 332 62 319.2 319.2 288.6 319.5 0.08 15 300 9198 -41.8 -58.7 14 17.0 -42.5 329 81 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.05 16 250 10412 -49.9 -62.2 22 12.3 -50.2 336 85 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 17 200 11856 -53.3 -71.9 9 18.6 -53.6 329 59 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13697 -56.6 -83.5 2 26.8 -56.9 326 36 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16245 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 320 22 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.36 m Freezing level: 860.82 mb = 1353.47 m = 4440.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 871.70 mb = 1250.39 m = 4102.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.54 % Est. max temperature: 12.56 C = 54.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.35 mb = 1152.93 m = 3782.52 ft T: 1.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 2.48 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1308.35 m = 4292.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.22 C = 50.39 F Cap Strength: 12.00 C Lifted Index: 13.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.25 C Showalter Index: 13.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.13 C Cross Totals Index: 15.97 C K Index: 4.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 65.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14496.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.55 mb = 1187.55 m = 3896.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.7 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 9.7 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: -4.5 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 27.97 m/s