MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.23,-70.86 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -70.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 999 64 16.1 14.8 92 1.3 15.3 128 17 289.3 291.2 288.5 319.3 10.66 2 950 489 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 144 43 291.8 293.8 289.6 322.6 10.86 3 900 946 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 154 49 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.5 10.56 4 850 1425 10.6 10.5 99 0.1 10.5 159 49 297.2 298.9 290.2 324.6 9.40 5 800 1928 7.5 7.4 99 0.1 7.5 157 48 299.2 300.6 289.7 323.0 8.12 6 750 2457 4.2 3.7 97 0.5 3.9 154 49 301.2 302.4 289.0 321.0 6.68 7 700 3016 1.0 0.0 93 1.0 0.5 153 51 303.6 304.6 288.8 320.2 5.48 8 650 3609 -1.9 -4.1 85 2.2 -2.9 154 52 306.8 307.6 288.8 320.3 4.35 9 600 4243 -5.1 -9.4 72 4.3 -6.8 154 54 310.2 310.8 288.8 320.2 3.13 10 550 4922 -9.2 -14.7 64 5.5 -11.1 154 57 313.2 313.6 288.9 320.4 2.22 11 500 5652 -13.8 -17.2 76 3.3 -14.9 156 57 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.8 1.99 12 450 6444 -18.8 -20.8 84 2.1 -19.3 162 54 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.1 1.61 13 400 7311 -24.7 -26.8 83 2.0 -25.1 169 56 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.6 1.07 14 350 8268 -32.2 -34.7 79 2.5 -32.6 169 58 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.57 15 300 9336 -40.4 -46.2 54 5.8 -40.8 158 66 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.20 16 250 10549 -49.6 -57.3 40 7.7 -49.8 167 72 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.07 17 200 12005 -52.3 -72.7 7 20.5 -52.6 166 61 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13858 -56.5 -82.4 2 25.9 -56.8 179 27 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16383 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.1 -63.6 220 17 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.13 m Freezing level: 682.52 mb = 3223.42 m = 10575.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.81 mb = 3098.66 m = 10166.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.03 C = 75.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.21 mb = 223.60 m = 733.60 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 5.25 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 793.16 m = 2602.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.75 C = 69.36 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.23 mb = 558.22 m = 1831.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.23 mb = 2165.05 m = 7103.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 647.23 mb = 3643.12 m = 11952.36 ft B at Equ Level: 37.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 517.23 mb = 5392.56 m = 17691.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.0 at 50.4 knts Storm direction: 184.0 at 37.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.2 neg: -18.6 tot: 281.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 56.98 m/s