MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z 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 1003 63 23.3 15.5 62 7.8 18.2 189 11 296.2 298.2 291.2 328.3 11.13 1 1000 93 23.7 16.1 62 7.6 18.7 189 15 296.9 299.0 291.8 330.4 11.60 2 950 540 20.3 15.0 72 5.3 16.8 199 33 297.7 299.8 291.9 330.7 11.36 3 900 1004 16.3 13.7 84 2.6 14.7 208 37 298.3 300.3 291.8 330.4 11.03 4 850 1488 12.5 12.1 97 0.4 12.3 223 39 299.3 301.2 291.7 330.0 10.50 5 800 1995 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 234 46 301.1 302.7 291.1 327.8 9.04 6 750 2528 7.0 0.2 62 6.8 3.5 238 53 304.2 305.2 288.7 319.9 5.17 7 700 3095 6.7 -20.1 13 26.9 -2.4 239 54 309.9 310.2 286.6 313.6 1.10 8 650 3701 4.8 -40.9 2 45.7 -5.4 236 47 314.3 314.4 287.1 314.9 0.16 9 600 4347 0.5 -43.8 2 44.3 -8.3 244 44 316.7 316.7 287.8 317.2 0.13 10 550 5038 -4.2 -46.4 2 42.2 -11.6 249 49 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.5 0.11 11 500 5780 -9.9 -48.8 3 38.9 -15.7 239 50 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.3 0.09 12 450 6580 -16.6 -48.5 4 31.9 -20.7 237 53 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.10 13 400 7452 -23.0 -43.8 13 20.8 -25.6 232 59 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.20 14 350 8422 -26.9 -29.5 79 2.6 -27.4 213 69 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.95 15 300 9514 -35.1 -38.6 70 3.5 -35.5 209 74 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.7 0.45 16 250 10761 -44.1 -50.1 51 6.0 -44.5 220 84 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 17 200 12232 -50.4 -77.5 3 27.1 -50.9 237 61 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.00 18 150 14044 -63.1 -80.2 8 17.0 -63.3 224 57 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16496 -68.0 -86.8 5 18.8 -68.1 238 32 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.57 m Freezing level: 594.65 mb = 4420.83 m = 14503.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.13 mb = 2862.04 m = 9389.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.14 mb = 1049.82 m = 3444.24 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 17.10 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.21 mb = 1367.26 m = 4485.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.17 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 7.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 333.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.35 mb = 1190.94 m = 3907.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.35 mb = 1633.51 m = 5359.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.35 mb = 2690.33 m = 8826.43 ft B at Equ Level: 20.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 695.35 mb = 3149.36 m = 10332.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 44.8 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 434.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 119.69 m/s