MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F051.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 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 44.00,-80.33 Latitude: 44.00 Longitude: -80.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -54 1 950 384 SFC 938 490 17.6 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 158 20 296.1 298.2 291.7 330.0 11.74 3 900 846 14.9 13.8 94 1.0 14.2 166 46 296.8 298.8 291.4 329.0 11.12 4 850 1328 11.7 11.5 99 0.2 11.6 174 56 298.4 300.2 291.1 327.8 10.07 5 800 1833 9.0 7.6 91 1.4 8.2 179 64 300.8 302.3 290.3 325.1 8.23 6 750 2366 6.0 3.0 82 2.9 4.4 180 71 303.0 304.2 289.4 322.2 6.36 7 700 2928 2.8 -0.7 78 3.5 1.1 180 74 305.6 306.5 289.2 321.5 5.21 8 650 3525 -0.2 -4.3 74 4.1 -2.1 179 76 308.7 309.5 289.4 322.1 4.28 9 600 4161 -3.8 -6.3 83 2.4 -4.9 179 77 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.3 3.99 10 550 4844 -7.2 -7.8 96 0.6 -7.5 183 77 315.5 316.3 291.1 327.9 3.86 11 500 5582 -11.1 -12.0 93 0.9 -11.5 184 74 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.5 3.05 12 450 6384 -15.5 -18.1 80 2.6 -16.3 182 72 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.8 2.05 13 400 7264 -20.6 -25.9 63 5.3 -21.8 179 71 328.3 328.5 292.4 332.4 1.16 14 350 8236 -28.1 -32.9 64 4.8 -28.9 183 73 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.69 15 300 9321 -37.4 -40.5 73 3.0 -37.7 189 75 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.37 16 250 10549 -48.6 -51.5 71 3.0 -48.7 200 84 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 11992 -53.4 -71.2 10 17.9 -53.7 198 61 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13818 -58.6 -83.3 3 24.7 -58.8 219 52 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16334 -61.8 -88.1 2 26.3 -62.0 232 27 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.26 m Freezing level: 653.40 mb = 3484.30 m = 11431.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.02 mb = 3125.75 m = 10254.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.98 % Est. max temperature: 22.72 C = 72.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.06 mb = 778.97 m = 2555.66 ft T: 15.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1145.53 m = 3758.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.28 C = 66.71 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 30.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.90 mb = 1084.19 m = 3557.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.90 mb = 1328.64 m = 4359.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.90 mb = 4987.52 m = 16363.05 ft B at Equ Level: 95.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 419.90 mb = 6901.15 m = 22641.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.7 at 69.0 knts Storm direction: 209.7 at 51.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 534.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 534.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 178.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 156.09 m/s