MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F022.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F022.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: 22 hour RUC valid 19Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.68,-83.81 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -83.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 974 254 15.2 14.2 94 1.0 14.6 240 12 290.5 292.3 288.8 320.0 10.48 2 950 466 12.8 12.3 97 0.5 12.5 254 19 290.2 291.9 287.8 316.9 9.48 3 900 918 9.9 9.7 99 0.2 9.8 255 23 291.7 293.2 287.3 315.7 8.43 4 850 1391 6.9 6.6 97 0.4 6.8 252 24 293.4 294.7 286.8 314.1 7.19 5 800 1887 3.5 3.2 98 0.4 3.3 243 26 294.9 296.0 286.2 312.4 6.01 6 750 2408 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 234 29 296.7 297.6 285.8 311.5 5.02 7 700 2958 -3.1 -3.5 97 0.3 -3.3 225 35 299.0 299.8 285.9 311.7 4.22 8 650 3541 -6.3 -6.9 96 0.6 -6.5 218 39 301.8 302.5 286.2 312.6 3.51 9 600 4163 -9.7 -10.5 94 0.7 -10.0 213 40 304.9 305.4 286.7 313.8 2.87 10 550 4829 -13.9 -14.6 95 0.7 -14.2 210 37 307.5 308.0 287.0 314.7 2.24 11 500 5546 -19.0 -20.0 92 1.0 -19.3 205 36 309.9 310.1 287.1 315.0 1.56 12 450 6321 -24.9 -26.5 86 1.6 -25.2 195 44 312.0 312.2 287.2 315.3 0.97 13 400 7172 -26.9 -43.9 18 17.0 -28.7 193 63 320.0 320.1 289.0 320.8 0.19 14 350 8133 -27.7 -61.6 2 33.9 -30.0 193 72 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 15 300 9226 -34.6 -63.7 4 29.1 -36.1 204 92 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.02 16 250 10487 -37.4 -67.9 3 30.5 -38.8 232 77 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 17 200 12007 -44.6 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.4 202 66 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 18 150 13883 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 251 58 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16410 -64.1 -87.6 3 23.5 -64.3 236 32 403.9 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5511.31 m Freezing level: 748.66 mb = 2422.65 m = 7948.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.01 mb = 2397.07 m = 7864.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.15 % Est. max temperature: 18.83 C = 65.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.23 mb = 376.34 m = 1234.71 ft T: 13.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.51 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 754.81 m = 2476.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.82 C = 60.48 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.59 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 248.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.29 mb = 750.11 m = 2460.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.29 mb = 795.77 m = 2610.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 443.29 mb = 6429.38 m = 21093.51 ft B at Equ Level: 247.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 363.29 mb = 7864.53 m = 25801.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -8.1 tot: -6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.02 Bulk Shear: 49.48 m/s