MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F051.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 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-76.75 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -76.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 999 48 18.2 17.3 95 0.9 17.6 163 14 291.5 293.7 290.8 326.9 12.54 2 950 471 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 176 41 293.4 295.6 291.1 327.8 12.06 3 900 930 13.9 13.8 99 0.1 13.8 178 47 295.8 297.8 291.0 327.6 11.05 4 850 1410 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 181 53 298.0 299.8 290.8 326.8 9.90 5 800 1916 8.9 8.8 99 0.1 8.8 186 55 300.6 302.3 290.8 326.9 8.92 6 750 2448 6.6 6.5 99 0.1 6.5 189 55 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.1 8.12 7 700 3012 3.2 2.8 97 0.4 3.0 188 57 306.1 307.3 290.7 326.5 6.71 8 650 3610 -0.0 -1.3 91 1.3 -0.7 185 60 309.0 310.0 290.4 325.5 5.34 9 600 4247 -4.2 -6.7 83 2.5 -5.3 182 64 311.2 311.9 289.8 323.4 3.85 10 550 4928 -8.7 -13.7 67 5.1 -10.5 183 67 313.8 314.2 289.2 321.6 2.40 11 500 5659 -13.6 -19.7 60 6.1 -15.4 186 70 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.8 1.60 12 450 6450 -19.4 -27.0 51 7.6 -21.0 188 72 318.9 319.1 289.4 322.1 0.93 13 400 7315 -25.7 -32.1 55 6.5 -26.8 186 70 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.9 0.64 14 350 8267 -32.8 -43.3 34 10.5 -33.8 184 73 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.24 15 300 9337 -38.7 -59.1 10 20.4 -39.7 187 96 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.04 16 250 10575 -43.1 -66.4 6 23.3 -43.9 196 93 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 17 200 12062 -48.9 -77.3 2 28.4 -49.5 197 59 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 13911 -58.2 -82.9 3 24.8 -58.4 207 54 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16422 -65.6 -87.3 3 21.6 -65.8 240 22 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.61 m Freezing level: 650.10 mb = 3609.22 m = 11841.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.26 mb = 3496.29 m = 11470.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.03 % Est. max temperature: 24.80 C = 76.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.62 mb = 158.01 m = 518.39 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 6.44 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 569.20 m = 1867.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.66 C = 69.19 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.79 mb = 526.61 m = 1727.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.79 mb = 1130.31 m = 3708.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.79 mb = 2244.08 m = 7362.37 ft B at Equ Level: 21.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.79 mb = 10082.63 m = 33079.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.8 at 57.0 knts Storm direction: 213.8 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 1.97 Bulk Shear: 104.57 m/s