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: 41.62,-73.99 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -73.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 988 126 17.2 16.2 94 1.1 16.5 152 10 291.4 293.4 290.2 324.6 11.78 2 950 463 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.6 166 32 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.7 11.80 3 900 921 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 174 43 295.4 297.4 290.7 326.6 10.82 4 850 1401 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.8 178 47 297.5 299.3 290.4 325.5 9.61 5 800 1906 9.2 6.2 82 3.0 7.5 181 51 300.9 302.3 289.7 323.1 7.46 6 750 2438 6.0 2.9 81 3.1 4.4 181 55 303.1 304.3 289.4 322.1 6.31 7 700 3000 2.3 -1.6 75 3.9 0.4 182 57 305.0 305.9 288.7 319.8 4.86 8 650 3594 -1.6 -6.4 70 4.8 -3.7 183 57 307.1 307.8 288.2 318.4 3.63 9 600 4227 -5.7 -9.7 73 4.0 -7.3 183 59 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.2 3.04 10 550 4903 -10.0 -15.7 63 5.7 -11.9 181 63 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.8 2.04 11 500 5632 -14.1 -29.9 25 15.8 -17.4 179 71 315.9 316.0 288.1 318.1 0.64 12 450 6423 -19.5 -42.3 11 22.8 -22.6 177 79 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.4 0.21 13 400 7285 -26.6 -45.7 15 19.1 -28.6 179 83 320.4 320.4 289.0 321.0 0.16 14 350 8234 -32.4 -39.0 51 6.7 -33.1 175 92 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.37 15 300 9312 -36.8 -39.5 77 2.6 -37.1 175 105 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.41 16 250 10551 -44.6 -62.3 12 17.7 -45.2 187 95 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 17 200 12034 -49.5 -75.3 3 25.8 -50.0 177 78 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13889 -57.3 -83.5 2 26.2 -57.5 185 28 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16402 -63.6 -87.2 3 23.6 -63.8 250 22 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.21 m Freezing level: 671.03 mb = 3344.40 m = 10972.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.47 mb = 3052.00 m = 10013.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.16 C = 75.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.21 mb = 256.98 m = 843.11 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 670.92 m = 2201.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.03 C = 68.05 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 241.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.71 mb = 609.40 m = 1999.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.71 mb = 1122.25 m = 3681.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 828.71 mb = 1612.56 m = 5290.50 ft B at Equ Level: 18.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.71 mb = 9572.92 m = 31406.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.9 at 54.9 knts Storm direction: 209.9 at 41.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 366.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 1.85 Bulk Shear: 130.67 m/s