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: 41.78,-73.83 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -73.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 131 17.1 16.1 94 0.9 16.5 146 11 291.2 293.3 290.1 324.5 11.76 2 950 465 15.6 15.6 99 0.1 15.6 161 32 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.6 11.77 3 900 923 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 170 44 295.5 297.5 290.8 326.8 10.86 4 850 1404 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.0 175 48 297.7 299.5 290.6 326.1 9.73 5 800 1909 9.0 6.1 82 2.9 7.3 178 51 300.7 302.1 289.6 322.7 7.41 6 750 2441 6.1 2.3 77 3.8 4.1 179 55 303.2 304.3 289.2 321.5 6.05 7 700 3003 2.3 -1.2 78 3.4 0.6 180 57 305.0 305.9 288.8 320.3 5.02 8 650 3597 -1.7 -4.8 79 3.1 -3.1 182 58 307.1 307.8 288.7 319.8 4.11 9 600 4230 -5.8 -8.7 80 2.9 -7.0 183 59 309.5 310.1 288.7 319.9 3.31 10 550 4906 -9.9 -14.1 72 4.2 -11.4 182 62 312.3 312.8 288.7 319.9 2.34 11 500 5636 -13.8 -31.2 22 17.3 -17.4 180 70 316.2 316.3 288.1 318.2 0.57 12 450 6427 -19.4 -43.7 10 24.3 -22.5 177 78 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.5 0.18 13 400 7289 -26.5 -44.0 18 17.5 -28.4 179 82 320.5 320.6 289.1 321.3 0.19 14 350 8239 -32.1 -36.4 66 4.3 -32.7 175 91 325.5 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.48 15 300 9319 -36.8 -38.6 83 1.8 -37.0 175 104 333.5 333.5 293.1 335.2 0.45 16 250 10556 -44.9 -59.7 18 14.8 -45.4 188 96 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 17 200 12039 -49.6 -75.7 3 26.1 -50.1 176 78 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13891 -57.5 -83.5 2 25.9 -57.8 186 27 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16402 -63.9 -87.2 3 23.3 -64.1 250 22 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.04 m Freezing level: 671.30 mb = 3344.01 m = 10971.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.13 mb = 3093.49 m = 10149.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.25 C = 75.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.65 mb = 246.42 m = 808.46 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 676.87 m = 2220.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.02 C = 68.04 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.63 mb = 612.44 m = 2009.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.63 mb = 1417.37 m = 4650.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.63 mb = 1516.07 m = 4973.94 ft B at Equ Level: 18.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.63 mb = 9580.70 m = 31432.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.8 at 55.0 knts Storm direction: 208.8 at 41.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 400.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 135.32 m/s