MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190300F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190300F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.70,-70.20 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -70.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 11 16.9 14.6 86 2.3 15.5 139 24 289.4 291.3 288.3 318.7 10.43 1 1000 76 17.5 15.9 90 1.6 16.5 141 37 290.7 292.7 289.6 322.8 11.42 2 950 513 17.3 15.5 89 1.8 16.1 157 56 294.8 296.9 291.3 328.4 11.73 3 900 974 14.4 13.3 93 1.1 13.7 166 55 296.4 298.3 291.0 327.4 10.75 4 850 1455 11.4 10.4 93 1.0 10.8 172 52 298.1 299.8 290.4 325.4 9.34 5 800 1960 8.6 5.3 80 3.3 6.8 176 50 300.4 301.6 289.1 321.1 7.01 6 750 2491 5.9 4.8 93 1.1 5.3 178 50 303.0 304.3 290.2 324.6 7.21 7 700 3054 3.0 2.5 97 0.5 2.7 180 51 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.7 6.56 8 650 3652 -0.5 -1.9 90 1.5 -1.2 180 51 308.4 309.4 290.0 324.3 5.12 9 600 4288 -4.3 -8.6 72 4.3 -6.1 179 52 311.1 311.8 289.3 321.7 3.33 10 550 4968 -8.4 -17.9 46 9.4 -11.5 181 55 314.1 314.4 288.6 319.7 1.70 11 500 5700 -13.0 -31.2 20 18.2 -16.9 183 59 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.2 0.57 12 450 6493 -18.8 -52.8 3 33.9 -22.4 184 62 319.5 319.6 288.6 319.8 0.06 13 400 7357 -26.3 -44.1 17 17.8 -28.2 183 65 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.5 0.19 14 350 8307 -32.6 -36.9 66 4.3 -33.1 173 71 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.46 15 300 9382 -38.0 -42.5 63 4.4 -38.4 167 80 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.30 16 250 10611 -47.1 -54.7 41 7.6 -47.4 174 81 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.09 17 200 12071 -53.3 -71.1 10 17.8 -53.7 177 68 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13904 -58.9 -82.2 3 23.4 -59.1 198 36 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16403 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.1 -63.8 205 15 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.18 m Freezing level: 656.74 mb = 3571.35 m = 11716.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.42 mb = 3462.91 m = 11361.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.88 mb = 301.72 m = 989.90 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.51 mb = 1015.96 m = 3333.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.55 mb = 662.24 m = 2172.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.55 mb = 2183.73 m = 7164.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 748.55 mb = 2507.24 m = 8225.76 ft B at Equ Level: 23.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.55 mb = 9186.27 m = 30138.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.4 at 52.4 knts Storm direction: 205.4 at 39.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 472.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 472.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 68.54 m/s