MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190900F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190900F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 14Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.85,-74.17 Latitude: 40.85 Longitude: -74.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 51 14.4 11.7 84 2.7 12.8 228 9 287.4 288.9 285.9 311.5 8.63 1 1000 67 14.1 11.1 82 3.0 12.4 232 11 287.3 288.8 285.5 310.6 8.34 2 950 497 10.2 9.4 95 0.8 9.7 239 21 287.5 288.9 285.1 309.4 7.81 3 900 945 7.3 6.6 95 0.7 6.9 245 22 289.0 290.2 284.7 308.3 6.79 4 850 1414 4.6 3.0 89 1.6 3.8 240 22 291.0 292.0 284.2 307.0 5.60 5 800 1904 0.5 -0.2 95 0.7 0.2 242 24 291.7 292.5 283.5 305.4 4.71 6 750 2419 -3.2 -4.8 89 1.6 -3.8 248 25 293.1 293.8 282.8 303.7 3.58 7 700 2962 -5.8 -12.3 60 6.5 -8.0 230 28 296.1 296.5 282.4 302.6 2.12 8 650 3540 -8.3 -24.4 26 16.1 -12.2 207 36 299.6 299.7 282.3 302.2 0.82 9 600 4158 -10.9 -37.1 10 26.2 -15.3 192 48 303.6 303.6 283.2 304.5 0.26 10 550 4822 -13.9 -41.3 8 27.4 -17.9 179 65 307.6 307.7 284.7 308.3 0.19 11 500 5540 -17.8 -41.7 10 24.0 -21.0 168 82 311.4 311.4 286.1 312.1 0.20 12 450 6319 -22.9 -45.0 11 22.2 -25.3 163 88 314.5 314.5 287.1 315.0 0.15 13 400 7172 -28.2 -54.7 6 26.4 -30.2 163 85 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.5 0.06 14 350 8119 -32.6 -61.8 4 29.2 -34.1 167 80 324.8 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.03 15 300 9195 -36.8 -66.0 3 29.2 -38.0 173 72 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.02 16 250 10446 -39.5 -70.2 2 30.7 -40.6 182 61 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 17 200 11959 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.8 -46.1 183 64 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 18 150 13849 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 199 36 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16399 -61.8 -87.4 2 25.6 -62.0 240 16 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5473.04 m Freezing level: 793.09 mb = 1975.55 m = 6481.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 797.58 mb = 1928.55 m = 6327.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.69 % Est. max temperature: 17.90 C = 64.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.66 mb = 394.79 m = 1295.24 ft T: 11.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 9.28 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 703.99 m = 2309.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.22 C = 59.40 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 6.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 18.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.14 mb = 654.32 m = 2146.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.14 mb = 879.45 m = 2885.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 637.14 mb = 3694.20 m = 12119.94 ft B at Equ Level: 111.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 527.14 mb = 5141.87 m = 16869.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.0 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 226.0 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -45.4 tot: -38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 125.82 m/s