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: 41.21,-76.16 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -76.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 964 338 13.7 12.7 94 1.0 13.1 231 9 289.9 291.6 287.8 317.0 9.63 2 950 461 12.9 12.2 96 0.7 12.4 236 13 290.2 291.9 287.7 316.8 9.43 3 900 914 9.7 9.3 97 0.4 9.5 243 21 291.5 292.9 287.0 314.8 8.19 4 850 1387 6.8 6.3 97 0.4 6.5 242 20 293.2 294.5 286.6 313.6 7.08 5 800 1883 4.3 4.0 98 0.2 4.2 215 15 295.7 296.9 286.9 314.4 6.40 6 750 2408 2.7 2.7 99 0.1 2.7 179 26 299.5 300.7 288.1 317.9 6.19 7 700 2965 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 178 45 303.1 304.2 288.8 320.0 5.60 8 650 3556 -2.9 -4.0 92 1.1 -3.4 178 57 305.7 306.5 288.5 319.2 4.39 9 600 4186 -7.0 -9.0 85 2.0 -7.8 179 61 308.0 308.6 288.1 318.1 3.22 10 550 4859 -11.2 -15.2 72 4.0 -12.6 181 65 310.7 311.1 288.0 317.6 2.13 11 500 5584 -15.9 -25.9 42 10.0 -18.2 180 74 313.7 313.9 287.7 316.8 0.93 12 450 6369 -21.5 -43.6 12 22.1 -24.2 177 87 316.2 316.2 287.7 316.8 0.18 13 400 7224 -28.1 -52.5 8 24.4 -30.0 176 94 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.7 0.07 14 350 8168 -34.5 -57.8 8 23.3 -35.8 172 100 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.04 15 300 9238 -37.5 -62.5 6 25.0 -38.6 180 113 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.03 16 250 10490 -39.6 -66.8 4 27.2 -40.7 184 78 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 17 200 11997 -46.4 -76.7 2 30.4 -47.1 186 80 359.3 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 18 150 13869 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 196 32 375.7 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16387 -63.8 -87.2 3 23.3 -64.0 229 37 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.87 m Freezing level: 691.44 mb = 3066.03 m = 10059.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.36 mb = 3029.40 m = 9938.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.96 % Est. max temperature: 18.77 C = 65.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.14 mb = 460.07 m = 1509.39 ft T: 12.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 877.45 m = 2878.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.19 C = 59.34 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 28.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.21 mb = 856.14 m = 2808.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.21 mb = 994.88 m = 3264.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 781.21 mb = 2076.26 m = 6811.80 ft B at Equ Level: 21.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 721.21 mb = 2723.72 m = 8935.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.2 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 214.2 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 8.1 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.8 neg: -55.6 tot: 211.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 216.00 m/s