MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F047.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F047.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: 47 hour RUC valid 8Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.29,-74.82 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -74.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 999 56 17.9 16.6 92 1.3 17.1 142 15 291.2 293.3 290.3 325.1 12.00 2 950 483 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 15.9 155 45 293.5 295.6 291.0 327.6 11.97 3 900 942 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.6 163 56 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.1 10.91 4 850 1422 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 169 56 297.5 299.2 290.3 325.0 9.46 5 800 1927 9.2 8.3 94 0.9 8.7 178 56 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.5 8.64 6 750 2461 6.7 6.0 96 0.6 6.3 184 57 303.8 305.3 291.0 327.4 7.86 7 700 3025 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 183 56 306.2 307.4 290.7 326.6 6.74 8 650 3623 -0.0 -0.2 98 0.2 -0.2 182 58 308.9 310.0 290.8 326.8 5.79 9 600 4261 -3.6 -3.7 99 0.1 -3.7 183 60 312.0 312.9 290.9 327.2 4.86 10 550 4943 -8.4 -9.0 95 0.6 -8.7 184 62 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.3 3.51 11 500 5674 -13.8 -17.4 74 3.6 -15.0 185 64 316.2 316.5 289.6 322.6 1.95 12 450 6465 -19.5 -35.1 24 15.5 -22.1 189 68 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.43 13 400 7327 -26.6 -41.4 23 14.8 -28.3 187 69 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.3 0.25 14 350 8276 -33.6 -45.1 30 11.5 -34.6 179 71 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.19 15 300 9343 -39.4 -55.8 16 16.3 -40.2 184 86 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.07 16 250 10576 -44.0 -63.8 9 19.9 -44.6 195 89 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 17 200 12051 -51.1 -75.1 4 23.9 -51.5 193 55 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13897 -55.7 -83.1 2 27.4 -56.0 221 36 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16411 -64.8 -87.3 3 22.5 -65.0 226 21 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.69 m Freezing level: 650.45 mb = 3617.36 m = 11867.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.42 mb = 3592.73 m = 11787.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.35 C = 75.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.77 mb = 219.46 m = 720.00 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 2.55 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 673.71 m = 2210.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.14 C = 70.05 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 180.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.96 mb = 564.28 m = 1851.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.96 mb = 1169.58 m = 3837.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.96 mb = 1762.92 m = 5783.79 ft B at Equ Level: 21.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 605.96 mb = 4181.91 m = 13720.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.5 at 56.6 knts Storm direction: 208.5 at 42.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 568.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 563.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 187.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 126.45 m/s