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: 47.66,-122.86 Latitude: 47.66 Longitude: -122.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 985 186 8.1 5.5 84 2.6 6.8 186 7 282.5 283.5 280.6 298.4 5.76 2 950 486 8.3 4.6 77 3.7 6.4 244 21 285.6 286.6 281.9 301.3 5.60 3 900 930 5.0 1.7 79 3.3 3.4 259 29 286.6 287.5 281.4 300.3 4.81 4 850 1393 1.3 -0.9 85 2.2 0.3 266 36 287.5 288.2 281.1 299.6 4.22 5 800 1877 -2.5 -4.1 89 1.6 -3.1 271 42 288.5 289.1 280.8 298.7 3.54 6 750 2386 -6.4 -8.4 85 2.0 -7.1 275 43 289.7 290.1 280.3 297.6 2.70 7 700 2922 -9.5 -13.8 71 4.3 -10.8 280 43 292.0 292.3 280.3 297.7 1.89 8 650 3490 -12.5 -19.5 55 7.1 -14.2 284 42 294.9 295.1 280.8 298.8 1.25 9 600 4097 -15.7 -27.3 36 11.6 -17.9 286 43 298.0 298.1 281.4 300.2 0.68 10 550 4748 -19.5 -37.9 18 18.4 -22.0 286 47 300.9 301.0 282.1 301.9 0.27 11 500 5449 -24.6 -47.7 10 23.1 -26.6 284 51 303.0 303.0 282.7 303.4 0.10 12 450 6205 -30.6 -53.1 9 22.5 -32.0 283 54 304.8 304.8 283.4 305.0 0.06 13 400 7030 -36.9 -58.0 9 21.1 -37.8 280 59 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.2 0.04 14 350 7941 -42.9 -64.0 8 21.1 -43.5 278 65 310.8 310.8 285.7 310.9 0.02 15 300 8968 -47.5 -65.2 11 17.8 -47.9 282 60 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.5 0.02 16 250 10175 -45.3 -73.0 3 27.7 -45.9 282 63 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.01 17 200 11666 -45.2 -76.0 2 30.9 -46.0 280 57 361.2 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 18 150 13573 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 285 49 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16207 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 275 35 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5386.03 m Freezing level: 832.93 mb = 1558.27 m = 5112.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 845.48 mb = 1435.44 m = 4709.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.36 % Est. max temperature: 13.42 C = 56.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.77 mb = 513.57 m = 1684.91 ft T: 8.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 3.71 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.82 mb = 1243.34 m = 4079.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.85 C = 55.13 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 4.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 20.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.14 mb = 1037.08 m = 3402.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.14 mb = 1747.24 m = 5732.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.14 mb = 3108.75 m = 10199.20 ft B at Equ Level: 36.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 603.14 mb = 4057.64 m = 13312.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 370.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 118.18 m/s