MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.27,-122.75 Latitude: 47.27 Longitude: -122.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 36 13.3 7.5 68 5.8 10.1 260 14 285.8 286.9 282.9 303.8 6.44 1 1000 102 12.3 6.0 65 6.3 9.0 260 17 285.5 286.5 282.1 301.9 5.87 2 950 528 8.2 4.1 75 4.1 6.1 266 28 285.5 286.4 281.6 300.6 5.39 3 900 972 4.1 2.1 87 1.9 3.1 272 31 285.7 286.6 281.2 299.7 4.96 4 850 1433 0.5 -0.5 94 0.9 0.1 279 33 286.6 287.4 280.9 299.0 4.35 5 800 1917 -2.5 -3.7 91 1.2 -3.0 287 36 288.5 289.1 280.8 298.9 3.63 6 750 2426 -5.5 -6.5 93 1.0 -5.9 292 40 290.6 291.1 281.3 299.8 3.14 7 700 2964 -9.1 -9.9 94 0.8 -9.4 293 42 292.4 292.8 281.3 300.0 2.56 8 650 3533 -13.0 -14.0 93 1.0 -13.3 294 44 294.2 294.6 281.4 300.3 1.99 9 600 4138 -17.4 -18.6 90 1.3 -17.7 293 47 296.0 296.3 281.5 300.6 1.46 10 550 4784 -21.9 -25.1 75 3.2 -22.5 288 51 298.1 298.3 281.8 301.1 0.91 11 500 5478 -26.4 -38.0 33 11.5 -27.7 284 60 300.8 300.9 282.1 301.8 0.29 12 450 6231 -31.4 -59.0 5 27.6 -32.7 285 62 303.8 303.8 283.0 303.9 0.03 13 400 7055 -36.7 -57.8 10 21.0 -37.6 297 59 307.2 307.2 284.3 307.4 0.04 14 350 7967 -41.9 -60.6 11 18.8 -42.5 306 65 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.4 0.03 15 300 9003 -45.1 -66.0 8 20.9 -45.6 314 79 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 16 250 10218 -45.5 -72.4 3 26.9 -46.2 315 85 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.01 17 200 11698 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.4 314 82 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.00 18 150 13588 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 298 51 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 19 100 16210 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 278 36 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5376.44 m Freezing level: 842.18 mb = 1509.00 m = 4950.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 848.74 mb = 1445.18 m = 4741.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.00 % Est. max temperature: 13.98 C = 57.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.26 mb = 762.33 m = 2501.06 ft T: 6.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.85 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.04 mb = 1061.45 m = 3482.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.39 C = 56.10 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.98 C K Index: 25.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.88 mb = 1017.61 m = 3338.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.88 mb = 1246.53 m = 4089.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.88 mb = 4014.88 m = 13172.01 ft B at Equ Level: 29.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 519.88 mb = 5194.43 m = 17041.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.2 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 316.2 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 77.75 m/s