MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F000.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 2100Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.71,-74.53 Latitude: 39.71 Longitude: -74.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 22 18.2 8.9 54 9.3 12.9 169 3 290.3 291.6 285.5 310.4 7.06 1 1000 127 17.4 6.6 49 10.8 11.4 169 6 290.6 291.6 284.6 308.1 6.12 2 950 563 13.4 4.4 55 9.0 8.7 215 6 290.8 291.8 284.1 306.7 5.54 3 900 1016 12.5 -0.6 40 13.1 6.1 262 11 294.4 295.1 284.0 306.4 4.07 4 850 1496 13.3 2.9 49 10.4 7.7 296 8 300.1 301.1 287.6 316.6 5.53 5 800 2004 11.0 3.4 59 7.6 6.8 288 12 302.9 304.0 289.1 321.2 6.11 6 750 2540 8.1 4.7 79 3.4 6.1 283 17 305.3 306.7 290.8 326.9 7.14 7 700 3107 5.4 -0.7 65 6.1 2.3 289 21 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.6 5.20 8 650 3710 1.9 -6.0 56 7.9 -1.7 292 26 311.1 311.8 289.6 323.0 3.76 9 600 4351 -2.5 -8.3 64 5.8 -5.0 293 29 313.2 313.9 290.0 324.2 3.41 10 550 5035 -7.5 -11.1 75 3.6 -8.9 292 30 315.2 315.8 290.2 324.9 2.98 11 500 5769 -12.7 -14.7 86 1.9 -13.4 290 30 317.5 318.0 290.5 325.6 2.45 12 450 6563 -18.0 -20.5 81 2.4 -18.7 289 27 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.67 13 400 7433 -24.0 -27.7 72 3.7 -24.8 283 20 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.3 0.98 14 350 8394 -30.7 -36.0 60 5.3 -31.4 274 22 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.50 15 300 9470 -38.4 -45.8 46 7.4 -39.0 265 32 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.21 16 250 10697 -47.8 -52.3 59 4.6 -48.0 274 22 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.12 17 200 12137 -55.4 -66.2 25 10.8 -55.6 285 28 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13955 -60.1 -83.4 3 23.2 -60.3 293 51 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16428 -67.5 -87.1 5 19.5 -67.7 296 30 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.60 m Freezing level: 628.55 mb = 3984.78 m = 13073.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.65 mb = 3443.55 m = 11297.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.78 mb = 1196.94 m = 3926.91 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 4.05 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.57 mb = 4223.97 m = 13857.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.77 C = 105.38 F Cap Strength: 11.17 C Lifted Index: 11.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.91 C Showalter Index: 5.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 15.60 C K Index: 22.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12476.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.03 mb = 1735.68 m = 5694.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.0 neg: -8.1 tot: 70.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 60.32 m/s