MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F000.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: RUC analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 52.52,-80.67 Latitude: 52.52 Longitude: -80.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 -3 5.2 2.3 81 2.9 3.8 136 18 277.6 278.3 276.5 289.8 4.46 1 1000 74 5.8 1.9 76 4.0 4.0 140 23 279.0 279.7 277.2 291.0 4.37 2 950 498 9.1 3.7 69 5.4 6.3 166 25 286.4 287.3 281.8 301.2 5.24 3 900 944 6.6 2.3 74 4.3 4.5 178 26 288.3 289.2 282.4 302.6 5.00 4 850 1412 5.7 -3.7 51 9.4 1.6 185 22 292.1 292.7 282.3 302.2 3.43 5 800 1906 4.1 -2.2 64 6.3 1.2 191 19 295.5 296.3 284.4 307.6 4.08 6 750 2429 1.8 0.3 90 1.5 1.1 207 18 298.5 299.5 286.8 314.0 5.21 7 700 2983 -1.2 -2.3 92 1.1 -1.7 224 16 301.1 301.9 287.1 315.0 4.60 8 650 3570 -4.2 -10.0 64 5.9 -6.4 248 18 304.3 304.8 286.3 312.8 2.74 9 600 4200 -5.5 -24.4 21 18.9 -10.6 268 23 309.8 309.9 286.3 312.7 0.88 10 550 4879 -9.0 -34.4 11 25.4 -14.1 276 27 313.4 313.5 287.0 314.7 0.38 11 500 5607 -14.5 -32.3 21 17.8 -18.0 279 30 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.1 0.51 12 450 6394 -20.7 -37.0 22 16.2 -23.2 284 34 317.2 317.3 288.2 318.5 0.36 13 400 7253 -27.5 -45.4 17 17.8 -29.3 285 40 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.8 0.17 14 350 8198 -34.7 -50.3 19 15.7 -35.7 288 43 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.11 15 300 9257 -41.6 -51.7 33 10.1 -42.2 291 52 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.11 16 250 10469 -50.3 -57.8 41 7.5 -50.5 290 69 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.06 17 200 11900 -56.1 -68.6 19 12.5 -56.3 296 70 343.9 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 13711 -59.8 -81.8 4 22.1 -60.0 292 48 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16233 -60.9 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.2 313 24 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.45 m Freezing level: 720.36 mb = 2757.72 m = 9047.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.90 mb = 2636.47 m = 8649.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.92 % Est. max temperature: 19.03 C = 66.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.80 mb = 370.01 m = 1213.94 ft T: 8.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 0.36 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.75 mb = 3054.44 m = 10020.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: 15.59 C Lifted Index: 15.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.40 C Showalter Index: 12.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.26 C Cross Totals Index: 10.88 C K Index: 15.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15510.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.80 mb = 1018.75 m = 3342.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.6 neg: -6.6 tot: 167.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 118.31 m/s