MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 25.1 14.6 52 10.4 18.2 195 13 298.0 299.9 291.3 328.6 10.50 1 1000 82 24.9 14.5 52 10.5 18.1 195 15 298.1 300.0 291.3 328.4 10.41 2 950 529 20.7 13.2 62 7.4 15.9 198 28 298.1 300.0 291.0 327.6 10.11 3 900 993 16.2 12.0 76 4.2 13.6 201 31 298.2 300.0 290.8 326.9 9.83 4 850 1476 12.3 9.5 83 2.8 10.6 208 33 299.1 300.7 290.2 324.9 8.81 5 800 1983 9.9 7.8 86 2.2 8.7 225 39 301.8 303.3 290.7 326.4 8.32 6 750 2518 7.1 5.6 90 1.5 6.2 236 46 304.3 305.7 290.9 327.2 7.62 7 700 3085 6.6 -4.1 46 10.7 1.4 231 48 309.8 310.5 289.5 322.4 4.04 8 650 3691 4.7 -13.1 26 17.8 -2.5 228 44 314.2 314.6 289.1 321.2 2.14 9 600 4339 1.1 -21.3 17 22.5 -6.2 232 42 317.4 317.7 289.2 321.4 1.16 10 550 5032 -4.1 -29.4 12 25.3 -10.6 243 45 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.4 0.61 11 500 5773 -10.4 -32.0 15 21.6 -15.2 246 51 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.52 12 450 6572 -17.2 -24.8 51 7.6 -19.1 238 54 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.6 1.14 13 400 7449 -20.4 -22.1 87 1.7 -20.9 218 57 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.2 1.63 14 350 8426 -25.9 -32.4 54 6.5 -27.1 208 64 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.5 0.72 15 300 9522 -34.6 -38.8 66 4.2 -35.1 207 63 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.3 0.45 16 250 10770 -43.0 -54.1 29 11.1 -43.6 225 75 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.10 17 200 12246 -52.3 -71.0 9 18.7 -52.7 230 57 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14041 -65.4 -77.1 18 11.7 -65.5 232 48 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16482 -67.9 -87.2 5 19.3 -68.0 242 33 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.90 m Freezing level: 589.18 mb = 4488.90 m = 14727.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.84 mb = 3299.83 m = 10826.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.09 C = 78.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.03 mb = 1377.10 m = 4518.00 ft T: 13.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 5.91 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1737.69 m = 5701.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.51 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Showalter Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 21.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6505.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.71 mb = 1459.27 m = 4787.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.4 neg: -14.7 tot: 284.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 83.88 m/s