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: 38.71,-80.18 Latitude: 38.71 Longitude: -80.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 1 950 457 SFC 910 827 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.7 177 15 296.4 298.3 290.5 325.9 10.20 3 900 918 14.3 12.2 88 2.0 13.0 185 26 296.2 298.0 290.3 325.1 10.00 4 850 1398 11.0 10.1 94 1.0 10.4 188 43 297.7 299.4 290.1 324.4 9.15 5 800 1902 8.4 7.0 91 1.3 7.6 197 49 300.1 301.5 289.8 323.4 7.89 6 750 2433 5.3 3.1 86 2.2 4.1 205 51 302.3 303.5 289.2 321.4 6.37 7 700 2994 1.9 -1.6 78 3.5 0.2 209 52 304.6 305.5 288.6 319.4 4.87 8 650 3587 -1.9 -8.6 60 6.7 -4.7 209 53 306.8 307.4 287.6 316.4 3.07 9 600 4219 -6.1 -15.2 49 9.1 -9.2 209 56 309.0 309.4 287.2 315.4 1.95 10 550 4894 -10.3 -22.3 37 12.0 -13.5 207 60 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.8 1.17 11 500 5622 -13.9 -36.3 13 22.3 -17.9 201 66 316.0 316.1 287.8 317.3 0.34 12 450 6415 -17.9 -49.0 5 31.1 -21.6 199 68 320.7 320.8 289.1 321.1 0.10 13 400 7286 -22.4 -59.5 2 37.2 -25.5 198 75 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.03 14 350 8255 -28.1 -51.7 9 23.6 -30.2 196 91 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 15 300 9343 -36.0 -41.1 59 5.1 -36.5 194 104 334.6 334.7 293.3 335.9 0.35 16 250 10588 -41.5 -67.6 4 26.1 -42.5 211 82 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12079 -48.8 -74.4 4 25.6 -49.3 209 60 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 13930 -57.8 -82.5 3 24.7 -58.1 228 44 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16432 -64.0 -86.0 3 21.9 -64.2 229 27 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.25 m Freezing level: 675.10 mb = 3289.23 m = 10791.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.99 mb = 3016.56 m = 9896.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.49 % Est. max temperature: 20.65 C = 69.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.30 mb = 1161.04 m = 3809.15 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1638.35 m = 5375.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.70 C = 63.87 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 31.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.56 mb = 1490.84 m = 4891.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.56 mb = 2481.33 m = 8140.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.56 mb = 5689.10 m = 18664.81 ft B at Equ Level: 101.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 405.56 mb = 7184.41 m = 23570.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.8 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 232.8 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 363.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 363.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 98.71 m/s