MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 8Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.23,-83.98 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -83.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 985 272 7.5 5.8 89 1.6 6.6 244 7 281.9 282.9 280.5 298.1 5.89 2 950 571 9.0 2.7 65 6.3 5.9 276 25 286.3 287.1 281.4 300.1 4.89 3 900 1017 6.4 -2.7 52 9.1 2.4 302 28 288.1 288.7 280.5 298.1 3.47 4 850 1482 2.2 -6.0 55 8.1 -1.1 308 29 288.4 288.9 279.9 296.8 2.88 5 800 1968 -0.4 -13.8 36 13.4 -4.8 304 31 290.7 291.0 279.4 295.7 1.65 6 750 2483 -0.9 -26.6 12 25.7 -7.2 299 33 295.6 295.7 280.2 297.5 0.58 7 700 3031 -2.7 -37.0 5 34.3 -9.2 300 39 299.5 299.5 281.4 300.3 0.23 8 650 3615 -5.6 -31.8 11 26.2 -11.1 301 46 302.6 302.7 283.0 304.0 0.41 9 600 4238 -9.0 -31.2 15 22.2 -13.6 302 52 305.7 305.8 284.3 307.3 0.47 10 550 4906 -11.8 -37.9 10 26.0 -16.3 307 64 310.0 310.1 285.7 311.0 0.27 11 500 5632 -14.1 -46.8 4 32.7 -18.5 310 82 315.8 315.8 287.5 316.2 0.11 12 450 6424 -19.0 -38.2 17 19.2 -22.0 310 90 319.4 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.32 13 400 7290 -25.0 -39.9 24 14.9 -26.9 312 93 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.30 14 350 8244 -32.7 -47.8 21 15.1 -34.0 316 97 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.15 15 300 9307 -41.7 -54.1 25 12.4 -42.3 319 101 326.5 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.08 16 250 10526 -46.7 -63.3 13 16.7 -47.1 310 93 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12002 -48.6 -75.7 3 27.1 -49.1 300 69 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13863 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 282 48 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16397 -62.7 -88.1 2 25.4 -62.9 272 29 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5488.71 m Freezing level: 807.45 mb = 1895.51 m = 6218.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.52 mb = 1334.63 m = 4378.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.33 % Est. max temperature: 14.70 C = 58.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.46 mb = 479.70 m = 1573.82 ft T: 8.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.40 C/km ThetaE index: 4.42 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3057.64 m = 10031.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.32 F Cap Strength: 12.05 C Lifted Index: 15.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.34 C Showalter Index: 17.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.30 C Cross Totals Index: 8.17 C K Index: -24.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15318.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.33 mb = 1516.51 m = 4975.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.3 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 334.3 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 275.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 133.37 m/s