MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 15Z SUN 19 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 1013 23 19.6 16.3 81 3.3 17.4 175 10 291.7 293.7 290.1 324.3 11.54 1 1000 132 18.2 15.0 81 3.3 16.1 178 20 291.4 293.3 289.3 321.8 10.75 2 950 571 15.8 12.4 80 3.4 13.7 192 28 293.3 295.0 288.9 320.6 9.58 3 900 1030 14.1 10.4 78 3.8 11.9 198 29 296.1 297.7 289.2 321.6 8.81 4 850 1510 10.8 6.7 75 4.2 8.5 197 29 297.5 298.8 288.3 318.7 7.25 5 800 2014 10.6 -9.4 23 20.0 2.2 201 31 302.4 302.9 285.2 309.7 2.34 6 750 2550 9.6 -14.8 16 24.4 0.3 197 31 307.1 307.4 286.1 312.3 1.61 7 700 3118 5.7 -4.7 47 10.4 0.8 195 29 308.8 309.5 289.0 320.9 3.86 8 650 3720 1.5 -6.1 57 7.5 -2.0 199 28 310.6 311.3 289.5 322.4 3.74 9 600 4360 -2.2 -13.3 42 11.1 -6.4 213 27 313.5 314.0 289.0 321.0 2.28 10 550 5045 -6.5 -15.8 47 9.3 -9.8 224 25 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.1 2.02 11 500 5782 -10.9 -23.0 36 12.1 -14.3 224 23 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.9 1.20 12 450 6584 -14.7 -38.3 11 23.7 -18.9 221 24 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.31 13 400 7468 -19.6 -50.6 5 31.0 -23.2 218 27 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.09 14 350 8442 -28.1 -47.8 14 19.6 -30.1 226 29 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.15 15 300 9525 -37.7 -42.5 61 4.8 -38.2 237 32 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.30 16 250 10756 -46.8 -52.3 54 5.4 -47.1 260 29 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12195 -58.2 -61.5 65 3.4 -58.2 266 27 340.6 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.05 18 150 13978 -63.6 -82.9 6 19.3 -63.7 269 44 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16436 -67.5 -87.6 4 20.1 -67.6 272 24 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.38 m Freezing level: 630.12 mb = 3974.24 m = 13038.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.81 mb = 3284.43 m = 10775.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.08 mb = 444.82 m = 1459.36 ft T: 16.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1415.67 m = 4644.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lifted Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 17.57 C K Index: 18.04 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7614.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.45 mb = 894.60 m = 2935.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 233.7 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.5 neg: -16.6 tot: 101.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 13.52 m/s