MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 43.73,-79.33 Latitude: 43.73 Longitude: -79.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 986 137 13.5 10.8 84 2.7 11.9 229 8 287.7 289.2 285.7 310.9 8.28 2 950 450 10.4 8.4 88 2.0 9.3 233 17 287.7 289.0 284.7 308.3 7.31 3 900 898 6.7 5.7 93 1.0 6.2 239 21 288.4 289.5 284.0 306.4 6.37 4 850 1365 3.2 2.4 94 0.8 2.8 239 23 289.5 290.4 283.3 304.8 5.35 5 800 1854 0.7 -3.6 73 4.3 -1.2 235 29 291.9 292.6 282.4 302.7 3.67 6 750 2369 -2.8 -7.9 68 5.1 -4.7 229 36 293.5 294.0 282.1 301.9 2.81 7 700 2911 -6.5 -14.0 55 7.5 -8.9 224 35 295.2 295.6 281.7 300.9 1.85 8 650 3487 -10.1 -19.5 46 9.4 -12.6 220 36 297.6 297.8 282.0 301.6 1.26 9 600 4098 -14.5 -25.6 38 11.1 -16.9 214 41 299.3 299.5 282.1 301.9 0.79 10 550 4751 -18.8 -30.6 35 11.7 -20.8 202 49 301.7 301.8 282.8 303.5 0.54 11 500 5455 -23.1 -39.4 21 16.3 -25.1 197 53 304.8 304.9 283.7 305.7 0.25 12 450 6218 -27.0 -52.4 7 25.3 -28.9 203 66 309.3 309.3 285.1 309.5 0.07 13 400 7058 -32.1 -51.7 12 19.7 -33.3 202 79 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.6 0.08 14 350 7987 -38.2 -57.8 11 19.6 -39.0 200 83 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.04 15 300 9035 -43.5 -63.2 10 19.6 -44.2 201 91 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.03 16 250 10251 -45.8 -67.5 7 21.8 -46.3 205 81 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.02 17 200 11730 -48.7 -77.0 2 28.3 -49.3 208 68 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 13605 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 202 49 378.9 378.9 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16188 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 214 22 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5432.50 m Freezing level: 789.98 mb = 1957.10 m = 6420.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 814.67 mb = 1707.19 m = 5600.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.37 % Est. max temperature: 15.84 C = 60.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.90 mb = 468.76 m = 1537.91 ft T: 10.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 821.05 m = 2693.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.02 C = 57.24 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: 0.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 21.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.12 mb = 787.17 m = 2582.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.12 mb = 924.04 m = 3031.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 517.12 mb = 5206.06 m = 17080.03 ft B at Equ Level: 158.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 407.12 mb = 6932.30 m = 22743.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -10.2 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 75.31 m/s