MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F046.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F046.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: 46 hour RUC valid 7Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.40,-75.41 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -75.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 987 153 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.6 138 18 291.6 293.7 290.3 325.1 11.86 2 950 476 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 151 43 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.7 11.80 3 900 934 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.4 162 56 295.3 297.3 290.6 326.2 10.74 4 850 1414 10.9 10.6 98 0.2 10.7 169 58 297.6 299.3 290.3 325.2 9.52 5 800 1919 8.8 8.4 97 0.4 8.6 176 58 300.5 302.1 290.6 326.1 8.67 6 750 2452 6.2 5.9 98 0.2 6.0 181 58 303.3 304.7 290.7 326.6 7.80 7 700 3015 3.0 2.9 99 0.1 2.9 185 56 305.8 307.1 290.6 326.3 6.76 8 650 3612 -0.1 -0.2 99 0.1 -0.2 185 55 308.8 309.9 290.8 326.8 5.81 9 600 4250 -3.6 -3.8 99 0.2 -3.7 185 55 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.0 4.82 10 550 4932 -8.0 -8.7 94 0.7 -8.3 183 58 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.2 3.61 11 500 5666 -13.2 -17.9 68 4.7 -14.7 183 64 316.9 317.3 289.7 323.1 1.87 12 450 6457 -19.5 -34.7 25 15.2 -22.1 186 70 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.45 13 400 7319 -26.6 -42.2 22 15.6 -28.4 181 70 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.2 0.23 14 350 8268 -34.0 -49.6 19 15.6 -35.1 178 75 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.12 15 300 9334 -39.4 -54.3 19 15.0 -40.2 183 89 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.08 16 250 10570 -43.2 -66.8 6 23.6 -43.9 194 87 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12047 -50.7 -74.5 4 23.7 -51.2 193 56 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 13894 -56.3 -82.9 2 26.6 -56.6 217 42 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16409 -64.4 -87.4 3 23.0 -64.6 228 25 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.66 m Freezing level: 651.66 mb = 3592.42 m = 11786.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.51 mb = 3581.16 m = 11749.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.90 % Est. max temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.82 mb = 282.56 m = 927.02 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 1.47 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 691.41 m = 2268.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.89 C = 67.80 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.96 mb = 638.61 m = 2095.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.96 mb = 1057.00 m = 3467.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 816.96 mb = 1744.59 m = 5723.65 ft B at Equ Level: 18.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 606.96 mb = 4157.91 m = 13641.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.3 at 56.3 knts Storm direction: 208.3 at 42.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 594.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 594.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 198.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 118.92 m/s