MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 0Z MON 20 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 62 22.2 16.1 68 6.1 18.1 196 12 295.1 297.1 291.2 328.1 11.52 1 1000 88 22.6 16.7 69 5.9 18.7 194 15 295.8 297.9 291.9 330.5 12.06 2 950 533 19.2 15.3 78 3.8 16.7 205 34 296.7 298.7 291.7 330.2 11.61 3 900 996 15.7 14.4 92 1.4 14.8 213 38 297.7 299.8 292.0 331.1 11.51 4 850 1480 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 227 39 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.9 10.77 5 800 1988 9.9 9.8 99 0.2 9.8 232 43 301.7 303.5 291.7 329.9 9.53 6 750 2522 7.4 5.3 87 2.1 6.2 235 51 304.6 306.0 290.9 327.1 7.48 7 700 3087 4.6 -0.3 71 4.9 2.1 235 55 307.6 308.6 290.0 324.0 5.36 8 650 3691 4.2 -30.4 6 34.6 -5.2 235 52 313.7 313.8 287.2 315.3 0.47 9 600 4337 0.9 -43.5 2 44.4 -8.1 241 48 317.1 317.2 288.0 317.7 0.14 10 550 5029 -4.2 -41.2 4 37.0 -11.4 243 53 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.8 0.19 11 500 5770 -10.0 -43.5 5 33.5 -15.6 237 53 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.4 0.16 12 450 6570 -16.9 -44.8 7 27.9 -20.7 235 55 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.6 0.16 13 400 7441 -24.0 -48.7 8 24.7 -26.6 232 60 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.11 14 350 8402 -29.1 -38.2 41 9.1 -30.3 219 70 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.40 15 300 9492 -35.5 -37.5 81 2.1 -35.7 206 76 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.3 0.50 16 250 10734 -44.6 -48.6 64 4.0 -44.9 222 92 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.18 17 200 12206 -49.8 -73.0 5 23.2 -50.3 236 66 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14027 -63.5 -79.3 10 15.8 -63.6 220 60 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16484 -67.5 -86.8 5 19.3 -67.6 235 30 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.27 m Freezing level: 591.29 mb = 4457.75 m = 14624.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.75 mb = 3254.65 m = 10677.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.04 mb = 835.49 m = 2741.07 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1234.45 m = 4049.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.14 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 30.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.51 mb = 1000.70 m = 3283.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.51 mb = 1836.97 m = 6026.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.51 mb = 2472.35 m = 8111.29 ft B at Equ Level: 8.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 674.51 mb = 3389.29 m = 11119.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 107.07 m/s