MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F023.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F023.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: 23 hour RUC valid 14Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-77.70 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -77.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 997 151 12.4 5.7 64 6.6 8.9 292 13 285.8 286.8 282.2 302.0 5.78 2 950 553 8.5 2.7 67 5.8 5.6 296 29 285.8 286.6 281.1 299.6 4.89 3 900 997 4.5 0.6 76 3.9 2.7 300 37 286.2 287.0 280.8 298.8 4.45 4 850 1460 1.6 -3.5 69 5.1 -0.6 302 38 287.8 288.4 280.4 297.8 3.46 5 800 1947 0.4 -11.3 41 11.7 -3.7 297 34 291.6 291.9 280.3 297.7 2.02 6 750 2463 -0.7 -21.4 19 20.7 -6.5 287 31 295.8 296.0 280.8 298.7 0.92 7 700 3011 -3.4 -28.0 13 24.6 -9.1 280 32 298.7 298.8 281.5 300.5 0.54 8 650 3592 -7.2 -29.8 15 22.6 -12.1 274 34 300.8 300.9 282.4 302.4 0.50 9 600 4210 -11.6 -30.6 19 19.0 -15.3 270 37 302.7 302.8 283.2 304.4 0.50 10 550 4871 -16.1 -33.1 22 17.0 -19.0 271 42 305.0 305.1 284.0 306.5 0.43 11 500 5582 -20.6 -38.0 20 17.4 -22.9 281 50 308.0 308.0 284.9 309.0 0.29 12 450 6353 -24.8 -47.5 10 22.7 -26.9 294 65 312.1 312.1 286.2 312.5 0.12 13 400 7202 -28.7 -58.8 4 30.2 -30.6 300 83 317.7 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 14 350 8148 -33.8 -59.9 5 26.1 -35.1 302 92 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.3 0.03 15 300 9216 -38.1 -64.5 5 26.4 -39.1 297 81 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.02 16 250 10465 -40.3 -70.5 3 30.2 -41.3 288 75 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 17 200 11975 -44.0 -75.2 2 31.2 -44.9 285 50 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 18 150 13867 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 267 35 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16404 -63.5 -88.1 2 24.6 -63.7 262 20 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5455.44 m Freezing level: 781.97 mb = 2133.18 m = 6998.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.63 mb = 1378.21 m = 4521.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.24 % Est. max temperature: 14.64 C = 58.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.08 mb = 978.17 m = 3209.19 ft T: 4.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1822.49 m = 5979.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.23 C = 63.01 F Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lifted Index: 8.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.06 C Showalter Index: 9.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.17 C Cross Totals Index: 17.04 C K Index: -5.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 126.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15977.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.18 mb = 1260.68 m = 4136.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.3 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 314.3 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.5 neg: -37.2 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 32.74 m/s