MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.56,-73.92 Latitude: 41.56 Longitude: -73.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 988 127 17.3 16.2 93 1.1 16.6 154 11 291.5 293.6 290.2 324.9 11.82 2 950 464 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 166 33 293.2 295.3 290.8 326.9 11.86 3 900 923 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.5 174 43 295.5 297.4 290.7 326.7 10.85 4 850 1403 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.9 178 47 297.6 299.3 290.5 325.6 9.63 5 800 1908 9.4 6.1 80 3.3 7.5 182 51 301.1 302.5 289.7 323.1 7.40 6 750 2441 6.0 2.9 80 3.1 4.4 182 55 303.1 304.3 289.4 322.1 6.31 7 700 3002 2.3 -1.9 74 4.2 0.3 183 57 305.1 305.9 288.6 319.6 4.76 8 650 3597 -1.6 -6.9 67 5.3 -3.9 184 58 307.2 307.8 288.1 318.1 3.50 9 600 4229 -5.7 -10.1 71 4.4 -7.4 184 60 309.6 310.1 288.4 319.0 2.96 10 550 4906 -10.0 -15.7 63 5.7 -11.9 182 64 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.9 2.04 11 500 5635 -13.9 -31.9 20 18.0 -17.6 179 71 316.1 316.2 288.1 317.9 0.53 12 450 6426 -19.4 -42.9 11 23.5 -22.6 177 78 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.19 13 400 7288 -26.5 -45.6 15 19.1 -28.5 180 83 320.6 320.6 289.1 321.2 0.16 14 350 8238 -32.1 -37.8 57 5.6 -32.8 175 91 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.42 15 300 9317 -36.8 -39.1 80 2.2 -37.1 175 104 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.1 0.43 16 250 10555 -44.7 -61.4 14 16.7 -45.3 188 96 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 17 200 12038 -49.6 -75.4 3 25.8 -50.1 177 78 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13891 -57.4 -83.4 2 26.0 -57.7 187 28 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16403 -63.7 -87.2 3 23.4 -63.9 251 22 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.28 m Freezing level: 670.28 mb = 3355.56 m = 11008.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.92 mb = 3037.54 m = 9965.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.23 C = 75.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.60 mb = 264.06 m = 866.32 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 672.67 m = 2206.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.09 C = 68.17 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 244.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.65 mb = 611.65 m = 2006.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.65 mb = 1124.62 m = 3689.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 828.65 mb = 1615.05 m = 5298.67 ft B at Equ Level: 18.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.65 mb = 9578.62 m = 31425.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.3 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 210.3 at 41.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 370.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 1.90 Bulk Shear: 128.41 m/s