MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.15,-122.59 Latitude: 47.15 Longitude: -122.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 68 12.5 8.2 75 4.2 10.1 260 11 285.4 286.6 283.1 304.4 6.82 1 1000 93 12.4 7.4 72 5.0 9.7 260 13 285.5 286.6 282.8 303.6 6.47 2 950 520 8.5 5.1 79 3.4 6.8 270 28 285.9 286.9 282.3 302.2 5.81 3 900 964 4.6 2.3 85 2.3 3.5 278 35 286.3 287.1 281.5 300.4 5.00 4 850 1427 0.7 -1.1 88 1.8 -0.2 281 38 286.8 287.6 280.7 298.7 4.14 5 800 1911 -2.6 -8.3 65 5.7 -4.7 280 40 288.4 288.8 279.5 295.9 2.56 6 750 2419 -6.4 -11.1 69 4.7 -7.9 275 39 289.6 290.0 279.6 296.1 2.18 7 700 2955 -9.3 -15.9 59 6.6 -11.2 278 36 292.1 292.4 280.0 296.9 1.58 8 650 3524 -12.1 -22.6 41 10.6 -14.5 287 38 295.3 295.5 280.6 298.3 0.95 9 600 4133 -14.7 -35.1 16 20.4 -17.9 292 44 299.1 299.2 281.4 300.2 0.32 10 550 4787 -18.8 -50.6 4 31.8 -21.8 290 51 301.8 301.8 282.2 302.0 0.07 11 500 5488 -24.7 -52.6 6 28.0 -26.8 289 56 303.0 303.0 282.7 303.2 0.06 12 450 6243 -31.2 -49.9 14 18.6 -32.4 290 58 304.0 304.0 283.1 304.3 0.09 13 400 7064 -38.3 -51.2 25 12.9 -38.9 288 62 305.3 305.3 283.6 305.6 0.09 14 350 7967 -45.3 -58.4 21 13.2 -45.7 288 64 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.8 0.04 15 300 8987 -47.8 -65.9 11 18.1 -48.1 297 67 318.0 318.0 288.1 318.1 0.02 16 250 10197 -45.0 -72.9 3 27.9 -45.7 299 70 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.01 17 200 11688 -45.4 -76.2 2 30.8 -46.2 299 65 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 18 150 13590 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 293 43 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.01 19 100 16220 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 273 35 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5394.44 m Freezing level: 839.74 mb = 1525.88 m = 5006.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 852.15 mb = 1406.12 m = 4613.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.03 % Est. max temperature: 13.91 C = 57.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.90 mb = 599.18 m = 1965.79 ft T: 7.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.90 mb = 1001.03 m = 3284.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.40 C = 56.12 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 2.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: 5.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 17.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 95.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.94 mb = 946.42 m = 3105.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.94 mb = 1082.37 m = 3551.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 646.94 mb = 3560.25 m = 11680.48 ft B at Equ Level: 94.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 546.94 mb = 4827.89 m = 15839.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.0 neg: -21.7 tot: 158.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 66.27 m/s