MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F047.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F047.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: 47 hour RUC valid 14Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.03,-71.34 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -71.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 999 74 19.0 17.0 88 2.0 17.7 139 15 292.2 294.4 290.9 327.0 12.27 2 950 508 15.8 15.4 98 0.4 15.5 148 43 293.2 295.3 290.7 326.5 11.68 3 900 966 13.8 12.1 89 1.7 12.7 158 51 295.7 297.5 290.0 324.3 9.88 4 850 1447 11.2 9.2 87 2.0 10.0 164 49 297.9 299.5 289.7 323.0 8.60 5 800 1951 8.0 7.3 95 0.8 7.6 170 49 299.7 301.2 289.8 323.4 8.03 6 750 2481 5.1 3.0 86 2.1 3.9 171 49 302.1 303.3 289.0 321.0 6.32 7 700 3043 3.1 -0.8 76 3.8 1.1 175 51 305.9 306.9 289.3 321.7 5.17 8 650 3641 0.1 -1.6 89 1.6 -0.7 178 52 309.1 310.0 290.4 325.3 5.26 9 600 4278 -3.8 -6.0 84 2.3 -4.8 176 52 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.6 4.06 10 550 4960 -8.3 -11.3 79 3.1 -9.5 175 52 314.3 314.8 289.9 323.7 2.92 11 500 5693 -13.2 -18.8 63 5.5 -14.9 176 53 316.9 317.2 289.6 322.7 1.74 12 450 6485 -18.9 -26.3 52 7.4 -20.6 177 53 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.9 0.99 13 400 7351 -24.8 -28.0 75 3.2 -25.4 184 51 322.8 322.9 290.6 326.1 0.95 14 350 8309 -31.5 -35.3 69 3.8 -32.0 176 50 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.3 0.54 15 300 9382 -39.3 -44.5 57 5.3 -39.7 172 65 330.0 330.1 292.0 330.9 0.24 16 250 10601 -48.7 -57.3 36 8.6 -49.0 180 68 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12052 -53.3 -73.1 7 19.8 -53.6 179 56 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13883 -57.5 -82.4 3 24.9 -57.8 209 38 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16400 -63.6 -87.5 3 23.9 -63.8 226 13 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.04 m Freezing level: 648.92 mb = 3654.77 m = 11990.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.79 mb = 3399.03 m = 11151.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.61 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.59 mb = 324.15 m = 1063.47 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 3.97 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 827.45 m = 2714.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.78 C = 71.21 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 29.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.23 mb = 658.68 m = 2161.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.23 mb = 1662.51 m = 5454.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 708.23 mb = 2947.86 m = 9671.34 ft B at Equ Level: 33.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 388.23 mb = 7565.60 m = 24821.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.6 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 200.6 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 414.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 78.02 m/s