MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 4Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.15,-76.41 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -76.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 28 SFC 986 148 17.8 15.7 88 2.1 16.5 160 15 292.1 294.2 290.2 324.7 11.48 2 950 465 16.0 15.3 96 0.7 15.6 169 36 293.4 295.5 290.7 326.5 11.60 3 900 924 13.7 13.4 98 0.2 13.5 179 50 295.6 297.5 290.7 326.7 10.80 4 850 1405 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.3 186 52 298.5 300.2 290.8 326.8 9.69 5 800 1911 9.2 8.2 94 0.9 8.6 188 49 300.9 302.5 290.7 326.3 8.59 6 750 2443 6.1 5.6 97 0.5 5.8 190 50 303.2 304.6 290.6 326.0 7.64 7 700 3006 2.9 2.8 99 0.1 2.8 192 52 305.7 307.0 290.6 326.1 6.71 8 650 3603 -0.6 -0.7 99 0.1 -0.6 193 52 308.3 309.4 290.5 325.6 5.61 9 600 4239 -4.6 -4.9 98 0.3 -4.8 192 56 310.7 311.6 290.2 324.6 4.43 10 550 4917 -9.6 -12.3 80 2.8 -10.6 188 64 312.7 313.3 289.2 321.5 2.70 11 500 5647 -14.4 -25.3 39 11.0 -17.0 186 69 315.5 315.7 288.3 318.9 0.97 12 450 6435 -20.2 -36.8 21 16.6 -22.8 188 73 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.1 0.36 13 400 7295 -26.8 -46.0 15 19.2 -28.7 186 79 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.7 0.15 14 350 8246 -32.1 -43.6 31 11.5 -33.2 181 88 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.23 15 300 9325 -36.7 -51.3 21 14.6 -37.7 188 108 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.11 16 250 10564 -43.5 -64.0 9 20.5 -44.2 196 94 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 17 200 12053 -48.8 -76.7 2 28.0 -49.3 204 66 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 13909 -56.1 -83.6 2 27.4 -56.5 224 45 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16422 -64.5 -87.2 3 22.7 -64.6 227 25 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.82 m Freezing level: 658.39 mb = 3502.73 m = 11491.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.04 mb = 3491.64 m = 11455.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.56 % Est. max temperature: 24.80 C = 76.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.39 mb = 408.15 m = 1339.06 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 0.77 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 814.02 m = 2670.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.73 C = 69.31 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.57 mb = 695.30 m = 2281.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.57 mb = 3010.85 m = 9878.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 369.57 mb = 7858.73 m = 25782.93 ft B at Equ Level: 199.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.57 mb = 9565.20 m = 31381.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.3 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 217.3 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 376.0 neg: -9.4 tot: 366.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 95.90 m/s