MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F008.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 20Z 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 118 SFC 979 294 11.1 1.9 53 9.2 6.6 337 5 285.9 286.7 280.7 298.6 4.47 2 950 546 7.9 1.0 61 7.0 4.6 329 7 285.2 286.0 280.2 297.4 4.31 3 900 988 3.7 -0.3 75 4.0 1.9 330 8 285.3 286.0 280.0 297.1 4.16 4 850 1449 0.6 -3.2 76 3.8 -1.0 337 9 286.7 287.4 280.0 296.9 3.54 5 800 1935 -0.4 -8.3 55 7.9 -3.3 342 12 290.8 291.2 280.6 298.4 2.56 6 750 2449 -2.2 -13.1 43 10.9 -5.8 342 12 294.2 294.5 281.3 299.9 1.85 7 700 2994 -4.7 -16.9 38 12.2 -8.4 341 13 297.3 297.5 282.1 301.8 1.45 8 650 3574 -7.3 -22.2 29 14.9 -11.2 335 16 300.8 300.9 283.0 304.0 0.99 9 600 4194 -9.8 -30.1 17 20.3 -14.1 333 22 304.7 304.8 284.0 306.5 0.52 10 550 4861 -13.2 -32.3 19 19.1 -16.9 334 31 308.4 308.5 285.3 310.0 0.46 11 500 5580 -17.8 -32.1 27 14.3 -20.3 334 40 311.4 311.5 286.5 313.2 0.52 12 450 6359 -22.9 -45.1 11 22.2 -25.4 334 50 314.4 314.4 287.1 315.0 0.15 13 400 7210 -29.1 -52.6 8 23.5 -30.8 333 59 317.2 317.2 287.9 317.5 0.07 14 350 8152 -34.8 -51.9 16 17.1 -35.9 334 78 321.8 321.8 289.4 322.2 0.09 15 300 9210 -42.5 -52.5 33 10.0 -43.0 332 92 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.10 16 250 10416 -51.4 -61.1 31 9.7 -51.7 336 93 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.04 17 200 11853 -52.9 -73.1 7 20.2 -53.2 326 65 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13693 -56.3 -83.4 2 27.1 -56.6 327 40 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16241 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 310 21 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.73 m Freezing level: 819.18 mb = 1748.52 m = 5736.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 867.66 mb = 1283.38 m = 4210.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.29 % Est. max temperature: 13.51 C = 56.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.45 mb = 1435.49 m = 4709.56 ft T: 0.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 1.67 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.67 mb = 2569.51 m = 8430.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.96 C = 67.92 F Cap Strength: 11.73 C Lifted Index: 13.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.22 C Showalter Index: 13.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.33 C Cross Totals Index: 14.54 C K Index: 2.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14344.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.01 mb = 1468.01 m = 4816.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.9 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 4.9 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 26.27 m/s