MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 13Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 43.80,-79.36 Latitude: 43.80 Longitude: -79.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 981 175 16.7 13.7 83 3.0 14.8 162 9 291.4 293.2 288.8 320.1 10.11 2 950 455 17.3 13.5 78 3.8 14.9 179 33 294.7 296.6 290.0 324.3 10.30 3 900 916 16.1 13.8 86 2.3 14.6 194 45 298.1 300.2 291.8 330.4 11.08 4 850 1402 14.1 12.2 88 1.9 12.9 200 46 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.9 10.53 5 800 1911 10.3 9.6 95 0.7 9.9 197 47 302.1 303.8 291.7 330.0 9.40 6 750 2446 6.9 6.0 94 0.9 6.3 194 52 304.0 305.5 291.0 327.5 7.82 7 700 3010 3.8 2.1 88 1.7 2.8 194 55 306.7 307.9 290.6 326.1 6.35 8 650 3609 0.0 -1.9 87 1.9 -0.9 196 58 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.9 5.14 9 600 4246 -3.8 -6.8 80 3.0 -5.1 197 59 311.7 312.4 289.9 323.8 3.82 10 550 4928 -7.8 -12.0 72 4.2 -9.4 198 60 314.8 315.4 289.9 323.9 2.77 11 500 5663 -11.8 -19.2 54 7.4 -14.1 201 60 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.3 1.67 12 450 6463 -15.8 -20.4 68 4.6 -17.2 203 53 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.1 1.67 13 400 7342 -20.9 -24.4 74 3.5 -21.8 201 44 327.8 328.0 292.4 332.4 1.32 14 350 8313 -28.4 -33.5 62 5.1 -29.2 198 45 330.4 330.6 292.4 332.8 0.65 15 300 9397 -37.5 -42.8 57 5.4 -37.9 215 54 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.29 16 250 10625 -48.0 -50.8 73 2.8 -48.1 233 67 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.3 0.14 17 200 12061 -56.8 -69.2 20 12.4 -57.1 227 54 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13867 -61.9 -80.9 6 19.0 -62.1 223 46 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16350 -64.5 -87.8 3 23.4 -64.6 239 36 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.29 m Freezing level: 649.43 mb = 3615.90 m = 11863.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.24 mb = 3457.95 m = 11344.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.16 mb = 552.52 m = 1812.69 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1722.37 m = 5650.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5457.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.61 mb = 1014.76 m = 3329.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 366.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 95.62 m/s