MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F048.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F048.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: 48 hour RUC valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.07,-71.34 Latitude: 42.07 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 62 SFC 998 81 19.1 16.8 87 2.3 17.6 143 16 292.4 294.6 290.8 326.9 12.15 2 950 500 15.9 15.4 97 0.5 15.5 156 43 293.3 295.4 290.7 326.5 11.64 3 900 959 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 161 51 295.4 297.3 290.5 325.6 10.48 4 850 1438 10.9 10.5 97 0.4 10.6 165 53 297.5 299.2 290.2 324.9 9.40 5 800 1942 7.9 7.4 97 0.5 7.6 167 53 299.5 301.0 289.8 323.4 8.10 6 750 2472 4.9 3.9 93 1.0 4.4 167 52 301.9 303.2 289.4 322.1 6.75 7 700 3033 2.5 1.1 90 1.4 1.8 167 51 305.3 306.4 289.8 323.3 5.92 8 650 3630 -0.5 -0.9 97 0.5 -0.7 167 50 308.5 309.5 290.4 325.5 5.51 9 600 4267 -4.2 -5.3 91 1.2 -4.7 166 50 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.8 4.29 10 550 4948 -8.3 -10.6 84 2.3 -9.2 167 52 314.2 314.8 290.0 324.3 3.11 11 500 5681 -13.0 -16.0 78 3.0 -14.0 170 52 317.2 317.6 290.1 324.4 2.19 12 450 6475 -18.6 -22.0 74 3.4 -19.5 175 53 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.8 1.46 13 400 7342 -24.7 -27.5 78 2.8 -25.3 178 55 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.4 1.00 14 350 8298 -32.2 -35.5 72 3.3 -32.6 176 57 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.3 0.53 15 300 9367 -40.3 -43.0 75 2.7 -40.5 167 65 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.29 16 250 10582 -47.9 -60.4 23 12.4 -48.3 182 74 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12040 -53.1 -71.5 9 18.5 -53.4 170 54 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13879 -57.0 -82.3 3 25.2 -57.3 201 32 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16398 -63.5 -87.4 3 23.9 -63.7 218 14 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.96 m Freezing level: 657.58 mb = 3539.72 m = 11613.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.88 mb = 3460.01 m = 11351.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.29 C = 75.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.25 mb = 364.44 m = 1195.67 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.41 mb = 731.77 m = 2400.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.06 C = 69.91 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.16 mb = 642.93 m = 2109.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.16 mb = 1155.30 m = 3790.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 459.16 mb = 6322.95 m = 20744.33 ft B at Equ Level: 68.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.16 mb = 8937.63 m = 29322.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.9 at 49.8 knts Storm direction: 195.9 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 302.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 52.69 m/s