MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 8Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.74,-74.46 Latitude: 40.74 Longitude: -74.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 111 17.8 17.1 95 0.8 17.4 150 13 291.7 294.0 290.9 327.0 12.45 2 950 470 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 164 39 293.7 295.9 291.3 328.7 12.26 3 900 929 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 173 49 296.3 298.3 291.5 329.2 11.40 4 850 1411 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 181 54 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.3 10.43 5 800 1918 9.4 9.3 100 0.1 9.4 187 56 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.6 9.26 6 750 2452 6.6 6.5 99 0.1 6.5 189 54 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.0 8.12 7 700 3016 3.7 3.6 100 0.1 3.6 186 53 306.5 307.9 291.2 328.1 7.09 8 650 3615 0.7 0.6 99 0.1 0.7 181 54 309.8 310.9 291.4 328.8 6.17 9 600 4255 -3.0 -3.1 99 0.1 -3.1 179 57 312.6 313.6 291.3 328.6 5.07 10 550 4938 -8.2 -9.2 92 1.1 -8.6 182 61 314.4 315.1 290.4 325.5 3.46 11 500 5671 -13.7 -19.6 61 5.9 -15.4 188 64 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.8 1.62 12 450 6461 -19.7 -30.0 40 10.3 -21.7 191 68 318.5 318.6 289.0 321.0 0.71 13 400 7323 -26.1 -34.7 44 8.6 -27.4 188 70 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.8 0.50 14 350 8274 -33.1 -41.9 41 8.8 -34.0 185 75 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.28 15 300 9343 -39.3 -42.2 74 2.9 -39.5 186 94 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.31 16 250 10571 -45.3 -65.8 8 20.4 -45.9 196 93 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 12044 -50.2 -74.8 4 24.6 -50.7 196 57 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 13889 -57.6 -83.2 2 25.7 -57.8 213 47 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16401 -63.8 -87.4 3 23.6 -64.0 237 23 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.83 m Freezing level: 640.52 mb = 3736.46 m = 12258.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.14 mb = 3724.83 m = 12220.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.31 C = 77.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.00 mb = 204.55 m = 671.08 ft T: 17.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 1.23 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 649.97 m = 2132.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.79 C = 69.41 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 285.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.72 mb = 589.52 m = 1934.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.72 mb = 2109.14 m = 6919.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 671.72 mb = 3349.33 m = 10988.49 ft B at Equ Level: 23.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.72 mb = 10524.99 m = 34530.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.4 at 54.3 knts Storm direction: 212.4 at 40.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.8 neg: -16.9 tot: 427.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 2.74 Bulk Shear: 104.14 m/s