MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.31,-122.41 Latitude: 47.31 Longitude: -122.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 56 10.5 8.4 87 2.1 9.3 224 9 283.5 284.6 282.4 302.5 6.90 1 1000 75 11.2 8.8 85 2.4 9.9 228 11 284.3 285.5 283.0 304.0 7.11 2 950 501 8.3 6.7 89 1.7 7.5 247 31 285.6 286.8 282.9 303.7 6.47 3 900 946 5.0 3.2 88 1.8 4.1 258 38 286.6 287.6 282.1 301.7 5.35 4 850 1409 0.9 -0.1 93 1.0 0.4 263 41 287.1 287.9 281.3 299.8 4.46 5 800 1893 -2.7 -5.2 83 2.4 -3.7 265 43 288.2 288.8 280.3 297.7 3.25 6 750 2401 -6.3 -8.4 85 2.1 -7.1 265 43 289.7 290.2 280.3 297.7 2.71 7 700 2937 -9.9 -11.2 90 1.3 -10.4 270 43 291.5 291.9 280.6 298.4 2.32 8 650 3504 -13.6 -15.1 88 1.6 -14.0 273 47 293.6 294.0 281.0 299.2 1.82 9 600 4109 -16.5 -22.4 61 5.8 -17.8 277 49 297.0 297.2 281.5 300.3 1.06 10 550 4760 -19.5 -36.8 20 17.3 -21.9 281 51 300.9 301.0 282.1 302.0 0.30 11 500 5461 -24.3 -52.9 5 28.7 -26.4 284 57 303.5 303.5 282.8 303.7 0.06 12 450 6218 -29.9 -55.3 7 25.4 -31.4 282 63 305.6 305.6 283.7 305.8 0.05 13 400 7046 -36.1 -59.5 7 23.3 -37.1 277 71 308.0 308.0 284.6 308.1 0.03 14 350 7957 -43.4 -59.5 15 16.1 -43.9 274 75 310.2 310.2 285.4 310.4 0.04 15 300 8981 -47.8 -64.4 13 16.6 -48.1 279 67 318.0 318.0 288.1 318.1 0.02 16 250 10192 -44.4 -73.7 2 29.3 -45.1 278 64 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.01 17 200 11685 -45.4 -76.2 2 30.8 -46.2 276 58 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 18 150 13592 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.3 284 48 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.01 19 100 16214 -57.2 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 271 39 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5385.79 m Freezing level: 837.63 mb = 1528.34 m = 5014.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.80 mb = 1457.60 m = 4782.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.11 % Est. max temperature: 14.10 C = 57.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.66 mb = 322.47 m = 1057.97 ft T: 9.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.34 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 826.88 m = 2712.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.40 C = 56.13 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 23.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 210.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.92 mb = 721.10 m = 2365.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.92 mb = 1036.78 m = 3401.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 579.92 mb = 4363.89 m = 14317.06 ft B at Equ Level: 208.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 419.92 mb = 6704.50 m = 21996.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 334.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 1.96 Bulk Shear: 107.14 m/s