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: 36.51,-78.92 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -78.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 989 152 18.9 17.6 92 1.3 18.1 186 11 293.0 295.3 291.6 329.8 12.93 2 950 497 16.8 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 187 31 294.2 296.5 291.8 330.4 12.64 3 900 957 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 191 42 296.3 298.3 291.5 329.2 11.40 4 850 1439 11.6 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 194 47 298.3 300.1 291.1 327.8 10.10 5 800 1944 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.2 203 52 301.1 302.7 291.2 328.2 9.18 6 750 2479 7.4 7.3 99 0.1 7.3 215 54 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.5 8.61 7 700 3045 3.7 3.0 95 0.7 3.4 216 53 306.6 307.9 291.0 327.3 6.81 8 650 3645 1.6 -7.5 51 9.1 -2.4 211 53 310.7 311.4 289.2 321.3 3.34 9 600 4285 -2.3 -21.2 22 18.9 -8.2 209 54 313.4 313.7 287.9 317.4 1.18 10 550 4969 -7.0 -35.7 8 28.7 -12.9 211 56 315.8 315.8 287.8 317.0 0.33 11 500 5704 -12.3 -43.5 6 31.1 -17.1 217 63 318.0 318.0 288.3 318.6 0.16 12 450 6498 -18.2 -45.6 7 27.4 -21.7 212 67 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.9 0.14 13 400 7366 -23.8 -45.8 11 22.0 -26.3 202 70 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.16 14 350 8332 -27.9 -32.6 64 4.7 -28.7 194 81 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.7 0.70 15 300 9419 -36.8 -39.6 75 2.8 -37.1 198 90 333.6 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.41 16 250 10652 -46.7 -47.9 88 1.2 -46.7 209 108 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.20 17 200 12125 -50.0 -74.4 4 24.5 -50.4 224 67 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13965 -59.5 -83.5 3 24.0 -59.7 216 60 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16446 -66.6 -87.3 4 20.6 -66.8 209 19 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.80 m Freezing level: 629.86 mb = 3902.56 m = 12803.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.04 mb = 3386.70 m = 11111.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.00 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.86 mb = 310.73 m = 1019.45 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 13.49 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 684.70 m = 2246.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.98 C = 69.77 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 34.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.48 mb = 646.50 m = 2121.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.48 mb = 877.48 m = 2878.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 758.48 mb = 2385.95 m = 7827.82 ft B at Equ Level: 33.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 328.48 mb = 8779.50 m = 28803.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.2 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 238.2 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.7 neg: -6.9 tot: 433.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 114.12 m/s