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: 40.58,-75.57 Latitude: 40.58 Longitude: -75.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 985 160 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 131 16 291.4 293.5 290.2 324.6 11.76 2 950 470 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 146 38 293.0 295.1 290.7 326.3 11.71 3 900 928 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 157 54 295.4 297.4 290.7 326.6 10.82 4 850 1409 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.0 165 58 297.7 299.5 290.6 326.1 9.72 5 800 1913 8.7 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 173 59 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.2 8.76 6 750 2446 6.1 6.0 99 0.1 6.1 180 58 303.2 304.7 290.7 326.7 7.85 7 700 3009 3.1 3.0 100 0.1 3.0 185 56 305.9 307.1 290.7 326.5 6.80 8 650 3606 -0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.0 185 55 308.9 310.0 290.9 327.0 5.86 9 600 4244 -3.7 -3.8 99 0.1 -3.7 184 53 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.0 4.83 10 550 4926 -8.4 -9.1 95 0.7 -8.7 181 59 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.3 3.50 11 500 5659 -13.6 -18.2 68 4.7 -15.0 180 66 316.5 316.8 289.5 322.5 1.82 12 450 6449 -19.7 -32.2 32 12.5 -22.0 183 73 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.57 13 400 7310 -26.7 -38.1 33 11.4 -28.2 179 74 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.36 14 350 8258 -34.1 -48.1 23 14.0 -35.1 176 78 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.3 0.14 15 300 9323 -39.8 -54.6 19 14.7 -40.6 182 91 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 16 250 10560 -42.8 -67.3 5 24.4 -43.6 193 87 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 17 200 12039 -50.2 -74.9 4 24.6 -50.7 190 55 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 13890 -56.0 -83.1 2 27.1 -56.3 215 41 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16405 -64.2 -87.2 3 23.1 -64.3 227 26 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.19 m Freezing level: 650.24 mb = 3603.45 m = 11822.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.64 mb = 3598.43 m = 11805.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.53 mb = 270.79 m = 888.42 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 0.51 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 696.20 m = 2284.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.81 C = 67.66 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.14 mb = 640.09 m = 2100.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.14 mb = 4838.79 m = 15875.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.14 mb = 8537.45 m = 28009.66 ft B at Equ Level: 129.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.14 mb = 9643.93 m = 31639.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.6 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 206.6 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 655.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 654.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 146.51 m/s