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: 42.82,-79.08 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -42 SFC 975 176 17.7 14.7 83 3.0 15.8 197 14 293.0 294.9 289.9 323.9 10.86 2 950 395 18.7 14.3 75 4.4 15.8 185 30 296.2 298.1 291.0 327.5 10.84 3 900 857 15.3 12.3 83 2.9 13.4 180 42 297.2 299.1 290.7 326.4 10.06 4 850 1339 11.7 10.6 93 1.1 11.0 180 48 298.4 300.1 290.6 326.1 9.48 5 800 1844 8.8 8.5 98 0.2 8.6 186 55 300.5 302.1 290.6 326.3 8.75 6 750 2376 5.7 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 192 57 302.8 304.2 290.4 325.4 7.56 7 700 2938 2.1 2.0 99 0.1 2.0 196 56 304.8 306.0 290.0 324.0 6.32 8 650 3533 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 198 53 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.1 5.35 9 600 4168 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 196 50 311.2 312.0 290.4 325.4 4.54 10 550 4850 -8.1 -8.3 99 0.2 -8.2 191 58 314.4 315.1 290.7 326.3 3.71 11 500 5584 -12.0 -12.7 95 0.6 -12.3 187 73 318.4 318.9 291.1 327.8 2.89 12 450 6385 -15.5 -16.2 95 0.6 -15.7 187 80 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.8 2.40 13 400 7264 -21.2 -25.2 70 4.1 -22.1 189 84 327.5 327.7 292.2 331.8 1.23 14 350 8237 -27.3 -37.0 39 9.7 -28.7 185 86 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.46 15 300 9326 -36.4 -39.1 76 2.7 -36.7 186 89 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.43 16 250 10565 -45.1 -47.9 73 2.8 -45.2 197 97 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.20 17 200 12032 -52.2 -69.8 10 17.6 -52.6 181 66 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13859 -58.2 -82.3 3 24.1 -58.5 218 54 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16382 -62.5 -87.2 2 24.8 -62.7 231 27 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.60 m Freezing level: 667.45 mb = 3325.02 m = 10908.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.78 mb = 3303.91 m = 10839.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.86 mb = 550.47 m = 1805.97 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1286.53 m = 4220.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.94 C = 73.29 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: 0.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.65 mb = 1059.11 m = 3474.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.65 mb = 2014.15 m = 6608.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.65 mb = 4939.03 m = 16203.97 ft B at Equ Level: 65.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 453.65 mb = 6323.79 m = 20747.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.9 at 54.6 knts Storm direction: 219.9 at 41.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 5.6 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 344.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 93.18 m/s