MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 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 122 SFC 980 291 8.0 -1.2 52 9.2 3.9 141 2 282.7 283.3 278.0 292.8 3.56 2 950 557 10.8 -1.2 43 12.0 5.2 142 7 288.1 288.8 280.8 298.7 3.67 3 900 1005 8.5 -8.1 30 16.7 1.9 183 9 290.3 290.7 280.1 297.1 2.30 4 850 1476 8.0 3.4 73 4.5 5.6 261 7 294.5 295.5 285.8 311.3 5.77 5 800 1977 7.5 5.2 85 2.3 6.2 309 12 299.2 300.4 288.6 319.7 6.96 6 750 2507 4.9 2.4 84 2.5 3.6 311 19 301.9 303.0 288.8 320.1 6.09 7 700 3067 1.9 -2.9 70 4.8 -0.4 304 22 304.6 305.4 288.1 318.1 4.41 8 650 3661 -1.2 -8.7 57 7.5 -4.3 294 20 307.6 308.2 287.8 317.2 3.05 9 600 4295 -4.8 -10.1 67 5.2 -7.0 289 17 310.5 311.1 288.7 320.0 2.96 10 550 4974 -9.1 -11.5 83 2.4 -10.0 290 15 313.3 313.9 289.6 322.7 2.89 11 500 5705 -14.1 -15.4 90 1.2 -14.5 287 17 315.8 316.3 289.8 323.5 2.32 12 450 6496 -19.5 -21.7 83 2.2 -20.1 279 24 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.7 1.49 13 400 7360 -25.1 -32.4 51 7.3 -26.3 285 25 322.3 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.63 14 350 8317 -31.6 -46.6 21 15.0 -32.9 292 27 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.17 15 300 9387 -40.5 -45.2 61 4.7 -40.8 292 27 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 16 250 10601 -50.7 -53.8 69 3.2 -50.8 291 37 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.10 17 200 12018 -58.9 -64.3 49 5.5 -59.0 278 47 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.03 18 150 13833 -59.1 -81.9 4 22.8 -59.3 301 37 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16328 -64.2 -87.8 3 23.6 -64.4 284 25 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.01 m Freezing level: 669.38 mb = 3430.76 m = 11255.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.56 mb = 3014.02 m = 9888.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.89 % Est. max temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.45 mb = 1462.31 m = 4797.56 ft T: 7.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.98 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 530.76 mb = 5247.25 m = 17215.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.34 C = 102.82 F Cap Strength: 15.74 C Lifted Index: 16.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.75 C Showalter Index: 7.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.55 C K Index: 20.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15960.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.73 mb = 2390.23 m = 7841.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.5 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 320.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -8.2 tot: 62.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 54.60 m/s