MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 7Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.38,-74.80 Latitude: 40.38 Longitude: -74.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 995 76 17.8 16.4 91 1.5 16.9 171 12 291.4 293.5 290.2 324.9 11.85 2 950 471 15.5 15.3 98 0.2 15.4 187 32 292.9 295.0 290.5 325.7 11.54 3 900 929 13.1 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 193 37 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.3 10.54 4 850 1409 10.8 10.4 98 0.3 10.6 191 41 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.7 9.37 5 800 1913 8.7 6.4 85 2.4 7.4 186 47 300.5 301.9 289.6 322.8 7.53 6 750 2445 5.8 3.6 86 2.2 4.6 184 50 302.9 304.1 289.6 322.7 6.63 7 700 3006 2.2 1.1 93 1.1 1.7 186 51 304.9 306.0 289.7 323.0 5.95 8 650 3601 -1.6 -3.3 88 1.8 -2.4 190 53 307.2 308.0 289.2 321.4 4.60 9 600 4234 -5.0 -11.5 61 6.4 -7.5 193 61 310.3 310.8 288.3 318.8 2.65 10 550 4914 -8.4 -24.5 26 16.1 -12.7 189 69 314.1 314.3 287.9 317.4 0.96 11 500 5647 -13.1 -42.4 7 29.3 -17.6 184 75 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.8 0.18 12 450 6438 -19.3 -40.3 14 21.0 -22.3 183 81 319.0 319.1 288.7 320.0 0.25 13 400 7301 -26.2 -48.6 10 22.4 -28.3 182 85 320.9 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.12 14 350 8253 -31.7 -37.4 57 5.7 -32.4 180 93 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.6 0.44 15 300 9336 -35.8 -38.4 77 2.6 -36.1 180 106 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.7 0.46 16 250 10576 -44.8 -52.8 40 8.0 -45.2 195 105 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.11 17 200 12058 -49.6 -73.2 5 23.5 -50.1 177 72 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13906 -57.1 -83.7 2 26.6 -57.4 226 41 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16403 -63.9 -87.2 3 23.3 -64.1 236 24 404.2 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.39 m Freezing level: 670.73 mb = 3354.44 m = 11005.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.61 mb = 3243.46 m = 10641.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.98 mb = 259.55 m = 851.54 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.01 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.64 mb = 636.63 m = 2088.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.12 C = 68.21 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 33.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.90 mb = 579.93 m = 1902.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.90 mb = 995.46 m = 3265.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 842.90 mb = 1478.30 m = 4850.02 ft B at Equ Level: 15.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 342.90 mb = 8396.55 m = 27547.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.6 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 217.6 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 206.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 110.67 m/s