MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 17Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.55,-82.70 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -82.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 968 322 20.1 15.3 74 4.8 17.0 197 15 296.1 298.1 291.4 328.9 11.38 2 950 479 18.3 13.8 75 4.4 15.4 201 27 295.7 297.6 290.6 326.0 10.51 3 900 939 14.0 12.5 91 1.5 13.0 203 38 295.9 297.7 290.3 325.2 10.14 4 850 1419 10.6 10.5 99 0.2 10.5 209 45 297.3 299.0 290.2 324.6 9.39 5 800 1923 8.4 7.7 96 0.7 8.0 221 47 300.1 301.6 290.1 324.5 8.27 6 750 2454 5.3 4.1 92 1.1 4.6 225 46 302.3 303.6 289.6 322.9 6.88 7 700 3015 1.8 0.4 90 1.5 1.1 221 47 304.5 305.6 289.2 321.6 5.62 8 650 3609 -1.4 -3.9 83 2.5 -2.6 220 51 307.4 308.2 289.0 321.1 4.41 9 600 4242 -5.2 -8.0 81 2.8 -6.4 222 54 310.1 310.8 289.1 321.2 3.49 10 550 4921 -8.8 -13.4 69 4.6 -10.5 219 56 313.7 314.1 289.3 321.7 2.47 11 500 5655 -11.9 -20.4 49 8.5 -14.4 210 67 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.7 1.51 12 450 6456 -15.6 -25.6 42 10.0 -18.1 207 77 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.4 1.06 13 400 7334 -21.1 -30.5 43 9.3 -23.0 209 83 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.3 0.76 14 350 8305 -28.2 -30.8 78 2.7 -28.6 207 88 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.84 15 300 9391 -37.0 -39.6 77 2.6 -37.3 203 91 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.41 16 250 10626 -45.3 -56.8 26 11.6 -45.7 215 85 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12104 -49.7 -73.1 5 23.4 -50.2 223 65 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13943 -59.4 -81.4 4 22.0 -59.6 227 56 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16436 -64.5 -87.6 3 23.0 -64.7 247 33 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.14 m Freezing level: 671.24 mb = 3356.51 m = 11012.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.21 mb = 3185.89 m = 10452.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.66 % Est. max temperature: 23.13 C = 73.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.93 mb = 929.90 m = 3050.83 ft T: 14.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 7.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1190.30 m = 3905.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.70 C = 69.27 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.57 mb = 1112.52 m = 3649.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.57 mb = 1354.10 m = 4442.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 536.57 mb = 5111.83 m = 16770.90 ft B at Equ Level: 75.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 456.57 mb = 6346.05 m = 20820.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 51.1 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 273.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 84.00 m/s