MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F051.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 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-78.23 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -78.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 48 20.8 17.8 83 2.9 18.8 172 14 293.6 295.9 291.8 330.4 12.91 1 1000 82 21.0 18.1 83 2.9 19.1 174 19 294.2 296.6 292.2 331.9 13.20 2 950 525 18.0 16.4 91 1.6 17.0 187 39 295.4 297.7 292.0 331.3 12.47 3 900 986 15.4 11.7 78 3.8 13.1 200 48 297.4 299.2 290.4 325.3 9.61 4 850 1470 14.7 6.2 57 8.5 9.8 207 47 301.5 302.8 289.5 322.4 7.01 5 800 1981 11.7 11.0 96 0.7 11.3 219 47 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.5 10.37 6 750 2519 8.6 7.0 90 1.5 7.6 220 47 305.9 307.4 292.1 331.3 8.44 7 700 3087 5.2 2.6 83 2.6 3.7 216 43 308.2 309.4 291.3 328.4 6.60 8 650 3689 1.3 -0.2 90 1.5 0.5 218 43 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.4 5.80 9 600 4330 -2.6 -3.4 94 0.8 -3.0 225 47 313.1 314.1 291.4 328.8 4.96 10 550 5015 -6.5 -12.6 61 6.2 -8.8 230 49 316.4 316.9 290.3 325.0 2.63 11 500 5753 -11.1 -24.6 32 13.5 -14.7 232 51 319.5 319.7 289.7 323.1 1.04 12 450 6552 -16.8 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.4 225 51 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.8 1.35 13 400 7426 -22.4 -25.1 79 2.7 -23.1 214 50 325.8 326.1 291.7 330.2 1.24 14 350 8395 -28.2 -30.4 82 2.1 -28.6 201 57 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.8 0.87 15 300 9481 -36.8 -39.0 80 2.2 -37.1 205 67 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.44 16 250 10714 -47.0 -50.6 66 3.6 -47.2 214 81 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12183 -50.3 -72.5 6 22.2 -50.8 230 66 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14008 -62.4 -80.8 7 18.4 -62.6 228 60 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16468 -68.2 -86.9 5 18.7 -68.4 231 25 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.31 m Freezing level: 633.37 mb = 3901.88 m = 12801.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3776.34 m = 12389.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.53 mb = 420.56 m = 1379.78 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1593.28 m = 5227.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 17.28 C K Index: 29.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.41 mb = 794.96 m = 2608.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.41 mb = 3997.60 m = 13115.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 535.41 mb = 5223.27 m = 17136.50 ft B at Equ Level: 15.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 385.41 mb = 7695.50 m = 25247.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.4 at 45.4 knts Storm direction: 247.4 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 447.9 neg: -29.3 tot: 418.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 96.61 m/s