MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F000.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: RUC analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.89,-74.38 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -74.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -2 17.3 9.2 59 8.1 12.7 305 4 289.0 290.3 285.1 309.3 7.20 1 1000 146 15.7 7.5 58 8.2 11.2 304 4 288.9 290.0 284.3 307.3 6.51 2 950 580 13.5 0.7 41 12.8 7.2 322 5 290.9 291.7 282.7 303.2 4.23 3 900 1034 12.4 -8.8 22 21.1 3.7 340 7 294.2 294.6 281.7 300.9 2.18 4 850 1511 10.8 1.2 52 9.6 5.9 322 14 297.4 298.3 286.0 312.0 4.91 5 800 2016 10.0 4.0 66 6.0 6.7 324 18 301.8 303.0 289.0 320.8 6.37 6 750 2551 8.0 1.5 64 6.5 4.5 325 21 305.2 306.3 289.5 322.5 5.68 7 700 3117 5.1 1.0 75 4.1 2.9 321 25 308.1 309.2 290.6 326.2 5.88 8 650 3720 1.9 -2.3 74 4.2 -0.2 316 28 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.6 4.97 9 600 4361 -2.2 -5.6 77 3.4 -3.8 310 29 313.5 314.3 290.8 326.9 4.19 10 550 5047 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.8 306 31 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.2 3.41 11 500 5783 -11.7 -14.4 81 2.6 -12.7 308 31 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.51 12 450 6581 -17.6 -20.9 75 3.3 -18.5 308 27 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.6 1.61 13 400 7451 -23.9 -27.8 70 3.9 -24.7 303 26 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.3 0.97 14 350 8411 -31.2 -36.0 63 4.8 -31.8 297 25 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.6 0.51 15 300 9485 -38.3 -43.9 56 5.6 -38.8 278 21 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.26 16 250 10711 -48.9 -55.2 48 6.2 -49.2 268 14 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12147 -56.2 -66.4 27 10.2 -56.4 270 23 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13964 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.7 297 38 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16422 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.2 -68.9 301 29 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.49 m Freezing level: 627.17 mb = 4012.65 m = 13164.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.46 mb = 3676.75 m = 12062.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.88 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.04 mb = 1014.89 m = 3329.66 ft T: 12.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.81 mb = 4590.08 m = 15059.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.83 C = 109.10 F Cap Strength: 13.31 C Lifted Index: 13.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.84 C Showalter Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 12.94 C K Index: 19.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13223.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.65 mb = 1854.35 m = 6083.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.8 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 344.8 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 37.27 m/s