MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190900F023.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190900F023.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: 23 hour RUC valid 8Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.92,-74.04 Latitude: 40.92 Longitude: -74.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 43 17.5 16.4 93 1.1 16.8 161 14 290.6 292.7 289.9 323.8 11.77 1 1000 49 17.8 16.9 94 0.9 17.2 168 15 291.0 293.1 290.4 325.3 12.19 2 950 487 15.0 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 176 37 292.4 294.4 290.1 324.4 11.27 3 900 944 13.0 12.5 97 0.4 12.7 182 42 294.9 296.7 290.0 324.2 10.20 4 850 1423 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 188 42 297.3 299.0 290.1 324.5 9.37 5 800 1927 8.0 7.9 99 0.1 8.0 190 42 299.7 301.2 290.1 324.4 8.40 6 750 2458 5.4 5.3 99 0.1 5.4 189 43 302.5 303.8 290.2 324.8 7.49 7 700 3019 2.1 1.9 99 0.1 2.0 189 48 304.8 305.9 289.9 323.8 6.29 8 650 3614 -1.3 -1.8 97 0.5 -1.5 187 55 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.5 5.18 9 600 4249 -4.7 -6.8 85 2.2 -5.6 182 61 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.8 3.82 10 550 4929 -8.7 -13.2 70 4.5 -10.4 179 63 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.9 2.51 11 500 5661 -13.6 -19.5 61 5.9 -15.3 178 64 316.5 316.8 289.3 322.0 1.63 12 450 6451 -19.5 -28.9 43 9.4 -21.4 177 66 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.5 0.78 13 400 7314 -26.4 -41.3 23 14.9 -28.2 180 71 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.26 14 350 8264 -32.6 -40.0 48 7.4 -33.4 180 83 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.34 15 300 9343 -36.6 -45.3 40 8.7 -37.4 186 96 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.7 0.22 16 250 10581 -45.1 -55.1 32 10.0 -45.6 189 92 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.09 17 200 12055 -51.3 -72.4 6 21.1 -51.7 188 65 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13897 -56.6 -84.4 2 27.8 -56.9 211 29 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16399 -63.8 -87.4 3 23.6 -64.0 240 25 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.17 m Freezing level: 669.25 mb = 3385.01 m = 11105.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.57 mb = 3351.98 m = 10997.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.35 % Est. max temperature: 24.14 C = 75.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.25 mb = 184.64 m = 605.78 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 2.93 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.97 mb = 549.36 m = 1802.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.67 C = 67.41 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 34.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.48 mb = 535.85 m = 1758.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.48 mb = 1829.00 m = 6000.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.48 mb = 2140.63 m = 7022.98 ft B at Equ Level: 15.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 379.48 mb = 7688.99 m = 25226.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.0 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 213.0 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 74.64 m/s