MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 49.25,-123.00 Latitude: 49.25 Longitude: -123.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 991 106 8.5 6.8 89 1.8 7.6 175 5 282.4 283.5 281.2 299.7 6.25 2 950 456 8.1 5.2 82 2.9 6.6 220 15 285.4 286.4 282.1 301.8 5.84 3 900 899 4.6 3.0 89 1.6 3.8 237 23 286.3 287.2 281.8 301.2 5.28 4 850 1362 1.1 0.2 94 0.9 0.7 244 30 287.3 288.1 281.5 300.3 4.57 5 800 1847 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.8 249 32 288.5 289.1 281.0 299.4 3.76 6 750 2356 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.4 254 30 289.9 290.4 280.8 298.9 3.09 7 700 2892 -9.9 -10.0 99 0.2 -9.9 257 30 291.6 292.0 281.0 299.1 2.54 8 650 3460 -13.6 -13.7 99 0.1 -13.6 258 34 293.6 293.9 281.2 299.8 2.04 9 600 4064 -17.6 -17.8 99 0.2 -17.7 259 39 295.7 296.0 281.5 300.6 1.57 10 550 4710 -21.9 -22.8 92 0.9 -22.1 254 48 298.1 298.3 282.0 301.6 1.11 11 500 5405 -25.8 -32.6 53 6.8 -26.7 248 62 301.6 301.7 282.7 303.2 0.50 12 450 6161 -30.1 -54.0 8 23.8 -31.6 243 74 305.3 305.4 283.6 305.6 0.06 13 400 6988 -35.9 -58.5 8 22.5 -36.9 241 81 308.3 308.3 284.7 308.4 0.04 14 350 7904 -41.5 -58.9 13 17.4 -42.1 241 86 312.8 312.8 286.4 313.0 0.04 15 300 8939 -45.0 -63.6 11 18.6 -45.5 248 83 321.9 322.0 289.4 322.0 0.02 16 250 10157 -44.8 -75.3 2 30.6 -45.4 246 82 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.01 17 200 11649 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.2 259 71 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 18 150 13560 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 264 50 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 19 100 16171 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 264 39 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5373.32 m Freezing level: 834.68 mb = 1510.89 m = 4956.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.39 mb = 1453.24 m = 4767.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.38 % Est. max temperature: 13.62 C = 56.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.57 mb = 329.91 m = 1082.36 ft T: 8.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 2.88 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 982.47 m = 3223.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.56 C = 54.61 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 2.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 26.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.68 mb = 820.68 m = 2692.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.68 mb = 1422.01 m = 4665.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 573.68 mb = 4396.88 m = 14425.27 ft B at Equ Level: 90.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 473.68 mb = 5792.84 m = 19005.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 188.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 112.07 m/s