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: 46.12,-70.80 Latitude: 46.12 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 979 291 13.1 0.0 41 13.0 6.9 236 2 288.0 288.7 281.0 299.3 3.91 2 950 541 9.5 -0.9 48 10.5 4.7 237 3 286.8 287.5 280.3 297.6 3.75 3 900 986 5.7 -4.4 48 10.2 1.5 236 4 287.4 288.0 279.7 296.3 3.05 4 850 1453 5.4 -14.2 23 19.6 -1.3 252 7 291.8 292.1 279.7 296.4 1.50 5 800 1947 5.3 -13.3 25 18.5 -1.4 288 10 296.8 297.1 282.2 302.1 1.71 6 750 2473 3.8 -3.0 61 6.8 0.6 314 15 300.7 301.4 286.4 313.0 4.08 7 700 3031 1.6 -1.5 80 3.0 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 4940 -8.2 -14.2 62 6.0 -10.4 326 27 314.3 314.8 289.3 321.9 2.32 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 -31.2 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 -40.4 -50.4 33 10.0 -40.9 305 41 328.5 328.5 291.4 329.0 0.13 16 250 10572 -50.4 -56.7 47 6.3 -50.6 303 45 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 17 200 12002 -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 18.7 -61.8 300 45 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16297 -63.4 -88.0 2 24.6 -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: 5566.81 m Freezing level: 672.25 mb = 3360.73 m = 11025.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.05 mb = 1234.23 m = 4049.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.69 % Est. max temperature: 18.91 C = 66.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.96 mb = 1916.95 m = 6289.12 ft T: 5.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 2.99 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 529.59 mb = 5231.50 m = 17163.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.39 C = 104.70 F Cap Strength: 16.90 C Lifted Index: 18.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.67 C Showalter Index: 18.53 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: 45.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15726.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.34 mb = 2118.50 m = 6950.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.6 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 348.6 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 46.76 m/s