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,-75.14 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -75.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 992 109 17.6 16.9 96 0.7 17.1 145 16 291.4 293.6 290.6 326.1 12.27 2 950 474 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 156 42 293.3 295.4 290.9 327.3 11.95 3 900 933 13.7 13.6 99 0.1 13.7 164 54 295.7 297.6 290.9 327.2 10.97 4 850 1413 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 169 56 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.84 5 800 1919 9.2 9.0 99 0.1 9.1 179 58 300.9 302.6 291.0 327.7 9.07 6 750 2452 6.5 6.4 99 0.1 6.5 185 58 303.6 305.1 291.1 327.8 8.08 7 700 3016 3.2 3.2 99 0.1 3.2 186 56 306.1 307.4 290.9 327.0 6.88 8 650 3614 0.1 0.0 99 0.1 0.0 183 57 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.3 5.90 9 600 4252 -3.8 -3.8 99 0.1 -3.8 179 61 311.8 312.7 290.8 326.8 4.80 10 550 4933 -8.8 -9.8 92 1.1 -9.2 177 65 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.3 3.30 11 500 5665 -13.9 -21.0 55 7.2 -15.9 180 67 316.1 316.4 289.0 321.0 1.43 12 450 6454 -19.7 -41.7 12 22.0 -22.7 186 72 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.2 0.22 13 400 7315 -27.0 -46.8 14 19.7 -28.9 184 73 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.14 14 350 8262 -34.1 -53.4 12 19.3 -35.4 179 75 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.0 0.08 15 300 9325 -40.2 -58.8 12 18.6 -41.0 183 89 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.05 16 250 10560 -43.1 -67.3 5 24.2 -43.9 195 89 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12040 -50.1 -76.2 3 26.1 -50.6 187 54 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13891 -55.8 -83.4 2 27.6 -56.1 219 42 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16409 -64.4 -87.2 3 22.9 -64.6 226 21 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.50 m Freezing level: 648.96 mb = 3627.29 m = 11900.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3617.22 m = 11867.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.18 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.36 mb = 197.63 m = 648.38 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 0.88 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 630.77 m = 2069.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.24 C = 68.43 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 244.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.70 mb = 584.63 m = 1918.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.70 mb = 1191.82 m = 3910.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 832.70 mb = 1584.89 m = 5199.71 ft B at Equ Level: 18.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.70 mb = 10224.60 m = 33544.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.5 at 57.6 knts Storm direction: 207.5 at 43.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 531.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 525.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 119.15 m/s