MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z 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 115 SFC 979 292 10.3 1.6 55 8.7 6.1 339 5 285.1 285.9 280.3 297.5 4.38 2 950 543 7.8 1.0 62 6.8 4.6 332 7 285.1 285.9 280.1 297.4 4.33 3 900 985 3.7 -0.6 73 4.3 1.8 336 8 285.3 286.0 280.0 296.9 4.07 4 850 1447 1.1 -3.9 69 5.0 -1.0 346 10 287.3 287.9 280.0 297.0 3.36 5 800 1933 0.2 -8.9 51 9.1 -3.2 350 12 291.3 291.8 280.7 298.6 2.44 6 750 2448 -1.7 -13.5 40 11.8 -5.7 350 12 294.7 295.0 281.4 300.2 1.80 7 700 2994 -4.3 -17.3 36 12.9 -8.2 343 13 297.7 297.9 282.2 302.1 1.41 8 650 3574 -6.9 -23.2 26 16.4 -11.1 331 17 301.2 301.3 283.0 304.1 0.90 9 600 4195 -9.6 -30.7 16 21.1 -14.0 328 24 305.0 305.1 284.0 306.6 0.49 10 550 4862 -13.3 -30.8 22 17.5 -16.8 330 33 308.3 308.4 285.4 310.1 0.53 11 500 5581 -17.9 -32.5 27 14.6 -20.5 333 42 311.2 311.3 286.4 312.9 0.50 12 450 6360 -22.9 -47.1 9 24.2 -25.4 333 53 314.5 314.5 287.1 314.9 0.12 13 400 7212 -28.7 -52.6 8 23.8 -30.5 335 62 317.7 317.7 288.1 317.9 0.07 14 350 8154 -35.0 -48.1 25 13.0 -36.0 334 76 321.5 321.5 289.3 322.0 0.14 15 300 9212 -42.4 -52.0 34 9.6 -42.9 332 89 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.10 16 250 10419 -50.7 -60.7 29 10.0 -51.0 336 92 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.04 17 200 11856 -53.3 -72.3 8 19.0 -53.7 324 68 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13697 -56.9 -83.1 2 26.3 -57.2 323 45 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16238 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 309 23 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5465.96 m Freezing level: 795.76 mb = 1976.71 m = 6485.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 867.73 mb = 1279.86 m = 4198.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.53 % Est. max temperature: 14.06 C = 57.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.98 mb = 1371.05 m = 4498.14 ft T: 1.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.63 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.12 mb = 2769.95 m = 9087.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.74 F Cap Strength: 11.79 C Lifted Index: 13.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.78 C Showalter Index: 13.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.01 C Cross Totals Index: 13.98 C K Index: 2.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 61.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14574.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.11 mb = 1473.86 m = 4835.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.2 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 4.2 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 28.94 m/s