MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 19Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 49.20,-122.97 Latitude: 49.20 Longitude: -122.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 998 62 11.2 7.5 78 3.6 9.2 272 10 284.5 285.6 282.4 302.7 6.54 2 950 465 8.2 4.6 78 3.6 6.3 285 24 285.5 286.5 281.8 301.2 5.60 3 900 909 4.3 2.7 89 1.6 3.5 294 28 286.0 286.9 281.5 300.6 5.18 4 850 1371 0.8 0.4 97 0.4 0.6 297 30 287.0 287.8 281.4 300.1 4.62 5 800 1856 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.5 296 30 288.8 289.5 281.3 300.0 3.86 6 750 2365 -5.4 -6.2 94 0.8 -5.7 294 29 290.7 291.3 281.4 300.1 3.20 7 700 2904 -8.8 -10.0 91 1.1 -9.2 293 30 292.7 293.2 281.5 300.4 2.56 8 650 3474 -12.7 -14.2 88 1.5 -13.2 293 31 294.6 295.0 281.5 300.6 1.96 9 600 4079 -17.2 -19.3 83 2.1 -17.7 293 31 296.2 296.5 281.5 300.6 1.38 10 550 4725 -22.3 -25.1 78 2.8 -22.8 292 30 297.6 297.8 281.5 300.5 0.90 11 500 5417 -27.7 -32.3 65 4.6 -28.3 292 30 299.3 299.3 281.7 300.9 0.51 12 450 6164 -33.2 -43.9 34 10.7 -34.0 293 36 301.5 301.6 282.3 302.1 0.17 13 400 6982 -38.4 -58.4 10 20.0 -39.2 295 41 305.0 305.0 283.5 305.2 0.04 14 350 7888 -43.3 -60.1 14 16.7 -43.9 302 45 310.3 310.3 285.5 310.4 0.03 15 300 8918 -45.6 -64.2 11 18.6 -46.1 308 53 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.2 0.02 16 250 10134 -44.8 -73.1 3 28.3 -45.5 313 57 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.01 17 200 11622 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 306 54 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 18 150 13519 -48.8 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.6 292 45 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16165 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.7 275 32 427.4 427.4 308.6 427.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5375.27 m Freezing level: 836.89 mb = 1498.31 m = 4915.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.25 mb = 1463.47 m = 4801.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.90 % Est. max temperature: 13.70 C = 56.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.29 mb = 514.84 m = 1689.09 ft T: 7.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 2.72 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 954.65 m = 3132.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.74 C = 54.92 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 28.07 C K Index: 27.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.92 mb = 873.20 m = 2864.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.92 mb = 1193.12 m = 3914.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 528.92 mb = 5008.73 m = 16432.66 ft B at Equ Level: 32.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 438.92 mb = 6337.33 m = 20791.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.8 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 322.8 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 83.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.85 Bulk Shear: 17.84 m/s