MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 13Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.52,-80.05 Latitude: 40.52 Longitude: -80.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 969 319 16.5 14.1 86 2.4 15.0 157 7 292.3 294.2 289.4 322.2 10.52 2 950 487 18.2 14.0 76 4.2 15.5 171 25 295.6 297.5 290.6 326.2 10.60 3 900 951 17.5 13.0 75 4.5 14.6 194 36 299.6 301.5 291.8 330.4 10.51 4 850 1438 14.0 11.7 86 2.4 12.6 187 35 300.9 302.7 291.9 330.9 10.18 5 800 1947 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.5 183 41 302.5 304.1 291.4 328.8 8.87 6 750 2482 7.2 5.5 89 1.7 6.2 182 45 304.4 305.8 290.9 327.2 7.58 7 700 3047 4.2 2.2 87 2.0 3.1 184 47 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.7 6.41 8 650 3647 0.4 -2.0 84 2.4 -0.8 192 45 309.4 310.4 290.3 325.3 5.10 9 600 4285 -3.1 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.7 194 47 312.5 313.1 289.6 322.7 3.19 10 550 4969 -6.8 -14.7 53 7.9 -9.6 197 52 316.0 316.4 289.8 323.3 2.22 11 500 5706 -11.9 -17.6 62 5.7 -13.7 200 53 318.6 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.92 12 450 6504 -16.7 -22.3 62 5.6 -18.3 199 48 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.1 1.42 13 400 7381 -20.9 -24.3 75 3.3 -21.8 207 43 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.5 1.34 14 350 8352 -28.5 -30.9 80 2.4 -28.9 216 47 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.4 0.83 15 300 9436 -37.6 -41.8 65 4.2 -38.0 218 49 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.32 16 250 10662 -49.0 -50.8 82 1.7 -49.1 229 57 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.14 17 200 12106 -54.5 -77.0 5 22.5 -54.8 229 47 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 13919 -60.7 -82.1 4 21.4 -60.9 234 40 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16401 -66.1 -87.5 3 21.4 -66.3 244 35 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.95 m Freezing level: 644.32 mb = 3719.05 m = 12201.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.35 mb = 3518.83 m = 11544.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.67 mb = 627.03 m = 2057.16 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.18 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1824.79 m = 5986.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.19 C = 79.14 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.01 mb = 1298.57 m = 4260.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.01 mb = 3658.71 m = 12003.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 619.01 mb = 4035.96 m = 13241.18 ft B at Equ Level: 23.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.01 mb = 6190.39 m = 20309.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.1 neg: -11.3 tot: 261.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 59.64 m/s