MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190000F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.28,-81.60 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -81.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 316 15.3 13.8 90 1.5 14.4 251 7 291.3 293.1 288.9 320.4 10.30 2 950 468 13.8 12.8 94 1.0 13.2 256 16 291.2 293.0 288.5 319.1 9.85 3 900 922 10.7 9.7 94 1.0 10.2 253 26 292.6 294.1 287.6 316.7 8.44 4 850 1397 8.4 7.6 95 0.7 7.9 251 31 294.9 296.3 287.8 317.3 7.74 5 800 1896 5.7 5.3 98 0.3 5.5 239 35 297.2 298.4 288.0 317.7 7.02 6 750 2421 2.0 1.9 99 0.1 2.0 228 37 298.8 299.8 287.5 316.2 5.88 7 700 2975 -1.1 -1.2 100 0.1 -1.1 222 40 301.3 302.2 287.6 316.4 5.03 8 650 3564 -3.9 -4.0 99 0.1 -4.0 215 44 304.5 305.3 288.1 317.9 4.37 9 600 4192 -7.2 -7.3 99 0.1 -7.2 212 43 307.8 308.5 288.5 319.3 3.68 10 550 4866 -10.9 -11.2 98 0.2 -11.1 206 44 311.1 311.7 288.9 320.6 2.96 11 500 5592 -15.4 -15.9 96 0.5 -15.6 198 47 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.5 2.21 12 450 6379 -21.0 -21.8 94 0.8 -21.2 191 50 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.8 1.49 13 400 7237 -26.8 -32.3 60 5.5 -27.7 194 61 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.63 14 350 8195 -29.5 -63.2 2 33.8 -31.5 197 74 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.1 0.02 15 300 9281 -35.8 -63.2 4 27.4 -37.1 197 102 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 16 250 10537 -38.3 -68.3 3 30.1 -39.5 232 84 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 17 200 12046 -47.5 -76.0 2 28.4 -48.1 202 63 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 18 150 13917 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 241 32 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16431 -63.8 -86.3 3 22.6 -64.0 237 31 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5557.44 m Freezing level: 717.53 mb = 2781.04 m = 9124.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.25 mb = 2768.62 m = 9083.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.53 % Est. max temperature: 20.42 C = 68.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.41 mb = 508.82 m = 1669.35 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 3.71 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 947.36 m = 3108.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.77 C = 62.19 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 2.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.84 mb = 895.57 m = 2938.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.84 mb = 2020.81 m = 6629.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 647.84 mb = 3589.69 m = 11777.06 ft B at Equ Level: 35.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 547.84 mb = 4895.62 m = 16061.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.7 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -48.3 tot: -48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 98.23 m/s