MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z 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 59 23.8 14.8 57 9.1 17.9 192 12 296.8 298.7 291.0 327.4 10.58 1 1000 81 24.5 15.4 57 9.0 18.5 190 14 297.6 299.6 291.6 329.8 11.09 2 950 528 20.6 14.3 67 6.3 16.5 197 30 298.1 300.1 291.6 329.6 10.83 3 900 992 16.3 13.1 82 3.1 14.3 202 34 298.3 300.2 291.5 329.1 10.59 4 850 1476 12.4 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 211 36 299.1 300.9 291.1 327.9 9.83 5 800 1983 9.6 9.4 99 0.2 9.5 229 42 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.7 9.27 6 750 2517 6.4 5.6 94 0.8 6.0 237 51 303.6 305.0 290.7 326.4 7.63 7 700 3083 7.3 -18.3 14 25.6 -1.9 235 49 310.6 310.8 287.0 314.8 1.29 8 650 3690 5.2 -40.6 2 45.8 -5.1 233 45 314.8 314.9 287.2 315.5 0.17 9 600 4338 0.9 -43.5 2 44.4 -8.0 242 43 317.2 317.2 288.0 317.7 0.14 10 550 5029 -4.4 -47.1 2 42.7 -11.7 255 49 318.9 318.9 288.5 319.3 0.10 11 500 5770 -10.3 -48.2 3 37.9 -15.9 251 50 320.5 320.5 289.0 320.9 0.10 12 450 6570 -16.8 -37.4 15 20.6 -20.3 239 50 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.34 13 400 7446 -21.1 -27.9 55 6.8 -22.6 227 61 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.0 0.97 14 350 8420 -27.0 -28.7 86 1.7 -27.3 212 62 332.3 332.5 293.3 336.1 1.02 15 300 9513 -34.9 -38.8 67 3.9 -35.3 209 67 336.3 336.3 293.8 338.0 0.45 16 250 10761 -43.5 -52.4 37 8.9 -44.0 222 79 341.4 341.5 294.8 341.9 0.12 17 200 12232 -51.8 -77.7 3 25.8 -52.2 233 59 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.00 18 150 14035 -64.1 -78.5 12 14.4 -64.2 224 51 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16484 -67.8 -87.1 5 19.3 -67.9 241 33 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.40 m Freezing level: 591.26 mb = 4458.69 m = 14628.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.86 mb = 2945.38 m = 9663.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.52 mb = 1206.23 m = 3957.40 ft T: 14.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.89 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.32 mb = 1442.87 m = 4733.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 8.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 361.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.67 mb = 1311.51 m = 4302.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.67 mb = 1861.84 m = 6108.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.67 mb = 2608.26 m = 8557.17 ft B at Equ Level: 10.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 711.67 mb = 2947.52 m = 9670.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.5 neg: -13.6 tot: 387.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 113.34 m/s