MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 15Z 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 129 SFC 981 290 8.0 2.4 68 5.6 5.4 14 3 282.7 283.5 279.4 295.7 4.63 2 950 554 4.8 1.0 76 3.8 3.1 9 5 282.0 282.8 278.7 294.1 4.32 3 900 992 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.8 1 10 283.2 283.9 279.0 294.9 4.17 4 850 1451 0.2 -2.5 82 2.7 -0.9 344 15 286.4 287.0 280.0 297.1 3.73 5 800 1937 -0.5 -6.9 62 6.4 -3.0 348 13 290.7 291.2 280.9 299.1 2.85 6 750 2451 -2.1 -11.9 47 9.8 -5.5 347 12 294.3 294.7 281.5 300.5 2.05 7 700 2996 -5.2 -15.8 43 10.6 -8.4 344 12 296.8 297.1 282.1 301.7 1.59 8 650 3574 -8.3 -19.9 39 11.6 -11.5 343 14 299.6 299.8 282.8 303.4 1.21 9 600 4192 -10.9 -27.4 24 16.6 -14.5 343 21 303.6 303.7 283.7 305.8 0.67 10 550 4856 -13.9 -38.8 10 24.9 -17.7 342 31 307.7 307.7 284.8 308.5 0.24 11 500 5574 -17.8 -42.2 10 24.4 -21.1 340 43 311.3 311.3 286.0 312.0 0.19 12 450 6353 -23.5 -37.9 25 14.4 -25.4 337 50 313.7 313.8 287.1 314.9 0.32 13 400 7202 -29.8 -46.1 19 16.4 -31.2 333 57 316.3 316.3 287.7 316.9 0.15 14 350 8139 -36.7 -55.8 12 19.1 -37.7 332 64 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.4 0.06 15 300 9189 -43.9 -59.1 17 15.3 -44.4 329 66 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.7 0.04 16 250 10396 -49.4 -63.6 17 14.2 -49.7 331 68 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.8 0.03 17 200 11846 -52.4 -71.7 8 19.4 -52.7 326 51 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 13692 -56.0 -83.3 2 27.4 -56.3 325 36 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16244 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 322 22 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5445.81 m Freezing level: 834.11 mb = 1605.67 m = 5267.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 877.39 mb = 1196.52 m = 3925.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.27 % Est. max temperature: 13.24 C = 55.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.10 mb = 991.15 m = 3251.77 ft T: 1.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.58 mb = 2529.80 m = 8299.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.89 C = 67.81 F Cap Strength: 12.91 C Lifted Index: 14.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.40 C Showalter Index: 13.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.04 C Cross Totals Index: 15.30 C K Index: 4.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15926.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.18 mb = 1134.63 m = 3722.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 12.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -5.9 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 36.20 m/s