MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 46.09,-70.80 Latitude: 46.09 Longitude: -70.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 978 296 13.1 -0.3 40 13.4 6.8 242 2 288.1 288.8 281.0 299.2 3.83 2 950 541 9.6 -1.0 47 10.6 4.7 239 3 286.9 287.6 280.3 297.6 3.73 3 900 986 5.8 -4.4 48 10.2 1.5 237 4 287.5 288.0 279.7 296.3 3.05 4 850 1453 5.4 -14.1 23 19.5 -1.3 252 7 291.8 292.1 279.7 296.4 1.50 5 800 1947 5.2 -13.5 24 18.7 -1.4 288 10 296.7 297.1 282.2 302.0 1.69 6 750 2473 3.8 -3.0 61 6.8 0.6 315 15 300.7 301.4 286.4 313.0 4.08 7 700 3031 1.5 -1.5 80 3.1 0.1 325 21 304.2 305.1 288.5 319.1 4.90 8 650 3625 -1.2 -4.0 81 2.8 -2.6 328 24 307.6 308.4 289.1 321.1 4.37 9 600 4260 -4.4 -8.2 75 3.7 -6.0 328 24 311.0 311.6 289.3 321.9 3.44 10 550 4941 -8.2 -14.2 62 6.0 -10.4 326 27 314.4 314.8 289.3 321.9 2.31 11 500 5674 -13.0 -20.5 53 7.5 -15.2 320 31 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.3 1.50 12 450 6467 -18.9 -24.7 60 5.8 -20.3 319 32 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.4 1.15 13 400 7333 -25.1 -31.1 57 6.0 -26.2 320 34 322.3 322.5 290.2 324.9 0.71 14 350 8288 -32.1 -40.3 44 8.2 -33.0 311 38 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.7 0.33 15 300 9357 -40.3 -50.4 33 10.0 -40.9 305 41 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.13 16 250 10572 -50.4 -56.8 47 6.3 -50.6 303 45 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 17 200 12003 -55.7 -68.7 18 13.0 -55.9 302 49 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13808 -61.6 -80.3 7 18.6 -61.8 300 45 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16298 -63.4 -87.9 2 24.5 -63.6 308 21 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.20 m Freezing level: 672.24 mb = 3361.02 m = 11026.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 872.80 mb = 1236.63 m = 4057.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.55 % Est. max temperature: 18.92 C = 66.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.71 mb = 1970.49 m = 6464.80 ft T: 5.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 2.83 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 527.93 mb = 5255.86 m = 17243.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.46 C = 104.82 F Cap Strength: 16.92 C Lifted Index: 18.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.63 C Showalter Index: 18.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.37 C Cross Totals Index: -1.18 C K Index: 1.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 44.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16045.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.23 mb = 2140.52 m = 7022.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.9 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 348.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 46.63 m/s