MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 3Z 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 121 SFC 980 290 7.7 0.8 62 6.9 4.5 100 2 282.4 283.1 278.6 294.0 4.13 2 950 555 10.8 -0.4 46 11.2 5.6 153 15 288.2 288.9 281.1 299.5 3.92 3 900 1004 9.4 -3.0 41 12.5 3.8 198 12 291.2 291.8 281.8 301.2 3.39 4 850 1478 8.9 6.7 86 2.1 7.6 256 11 295.4 296.7 287.6 316.5 7.27 5 800 1979 7.3 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 270 12 298.9 300.3 289.1 321.1 7.55 6 750 2508 4.0 3.9 99 0.2 3.9 288 13 301.0 302.2 289.0 321.0 6.75 7 700 3066 1.0 -0.3 91 1.3 0.4 287 16 303.6 304.6 288.7 319.8 5.35 8 650 3660 -1.5 -9.0 56 7.6 -4.6 278 17 307.3 307.9 287.6 316.7 2.97 9 600 4294 -4.4 -12.5 53 8.1 -7.5 262 15 311.0 311.5 288.3 318.9 2.44 10 550 4974 -8.7 -11.9 78 3.2 -9.9 255 15 313.7 314.3 289.6 322.7 2.78 11 500 5706 -13.2 -19.0 62 5.8 -15.0 264 22 316.9 317.3 289.6 322.6 1.71 12 450 6500 -18.0 -31.7 29 13.7 -20.7 274 26 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.60 13 400 7370 -23.8 -40.9 19 17.1 -26.1 279 31 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.27 14 350 8329 -31.3 -40.5 40 9.2 -32.4 279 33 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 15 300 9400 -40.3 -45.3 59 5.0 -40.7 274 33 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.22 16 250 10614 -50.8 -54.8 62 4.0 -51.0 273 43 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.09 17 200 12025 -60.4 -63.5 67 3.1 -60.4 279 44 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.04 18 150 13834 -59.8 -73.3 15 13.6 -60.0 291 24 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16336 -62.8 -87.7 2 24.9 -63.0 285 29 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.91 m Freezing level: 679.27 mb = 3312.36 m = 10867.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.23 mb = 3109.63 m = 10202.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.43 % Est. max temperature: 21.94 C = 71.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.34 mb = 1168.15 m = 3832.47 ft T: 9.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 4.49 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 562.01 mb = 4804.84 m = 15763.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.13 C = 100.63 F Cap Strength: 14.46 C Lifted Index: 15.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.45 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.95 C K Index: 27.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13935.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.62 mb = 2096.48 m = 6878.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 117.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 60.70 m/s