MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.34,-71.44 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -71.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 997 82 19.7 17.1 85 2.6 18.0 142 16 293.2 295.4 291.3 328.5 12.42 2 950 493 16.0 15.6 98 0.4 15.7 152 42 293.4 295.5 290.9 327.0 11.80 3 900 951 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 158 52 295.4 297.3 290.7 326.4 10.78 4 850 1431 10.7 10.4 98 0.3 10.5 161 54 297.3 299.0 290.1 324.5 9.33 5 800 1935 8.0 5.9 87 2.1 6.8 161 53 299.7 301.0 289.2 321.3 7.31 6 750 2465 5.2 3.0 85 2.3 4.0 161 52 302.3 303.4 289.1 321.2 6.32 7 700 3026 2.2 0.8 90 1.4 1.5 162 50 304.9 306.0 289.5 322.5 5.79 8 650 3622 -0.7 -1.7 93 1.0 -1.2 162 51 308.2 309.1 290.0 324.2 5.20 9 600 4258 -4.6 -5.7 92 1.1 -5.1 164 52 310.8 311.6 289.9 323.9 4.16 10 550 4937 -9.0 -10.7 88 1.7 -9.6 168 54 313.4 314.0 289.8 323.3 3.08 11 500 5669 -13.5 -15.7 83 2.2 -14.3 170 57 316.5 317.0 289.9 323.9 2.24 12 450 6461 -18.6 -20.9 82 2.3 -19.2 173 59 319.9 320.2 290.4 325.3 1.61 13 400 7328 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.5 -25.5 175 60 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 1.00 14 350 8283 -32.5 -36.5 67 4.0 -33.0 170 58 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.7 0.48 15 300 9348 -41.7 -45.5 67 3.7 -42.0 168 60 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.22 16 250 10563 -45.8 -63.9 11 18.1 -46.4 180 76 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.03 17 200 12030 -51.9 -73.6 6 21.7 -52.3 170 61 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 13879 -57.2 -83.1 2 25.9 -57.5 183 37 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16399 -63.6 -87.2 3 23.6 -63.8 217 15 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.40 m Freezing level: 662.04 mb = 3478.48 m = 11412.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.46 mb = 3348.77 m = 10986.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.90 % Est. max temperature: 24.04 C = 75.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.12 mb = 411.01 m = 1348.45 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 650.96 m = 2135.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.66 C = 69.19 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 33.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.83 mb = 629.12 m = 2064.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.83 mb = 766.23 m = 2513.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.83 mb = 8084.80 m = 26524.62 ft B at Equ Level: 200.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.83 mb = 10567.61 m = 34670.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.9 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 192.9 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.4 neg: -14.1 tot: 290.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 3.26 Bulk Shear: 61.75 m/s