MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191800F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191800F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.93,-122.09 Latitude: 47.93 Longitude: -122.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 1000 97 13.7 8.8 72 4.9 10.9 259 10 286.9 288.1 284.1 306.8 7.10 2 950 521 9.6 5.7 77 3.9 7.6 268 22 286.9 288.0 283.0 304.0 6.05 3 900 967 5.9 2.8 80 3.1 4.4 275 27 287.6 288.5 282.3 302.3 5.19 4 850 1432 1.9 0.2 88 1.7 1.1 282 32 288.2 289.0 281.8 301.2 4.57 5 800 1917 -1.9 -3.6 88 1.6 -2.6 287 36 289.1 289.7 281.2 299.7 3.66 6 750 2427 -5.6 -6.8 91 1.3 -6.0 289 38 290.5 291.1 281.1 299.5 3.05 7 700 2965 -9.1 -9.9 93 0.9 -9.4 288 37 292.4 292.9 281.4 300.1 2.56 8 650 3534 -12.7 -15.2 82 2.5 -13.4 288 37 294.6 294.9 281.4 300.1 1.80 9 600 4141 -16.4 -23.5 54 7.1 -17.9 288 39 297.2 297.4 281.4 300.2 0.96 10 550 4790 -20.6 -33.5 31 12.9 -22.5 291 46 299.6 299.7 281.7 301.0 0.41 11 500 5487 -25.7 -55.5 4 29.8 -27.7 292 54 301.7 301.7 282.1 301.9 0.04 12 450 6239 -32.2 -55.5 8 23.3 -33.4 291 55 302.7 302.7 282.5 302.9 0.05 13 400 7057 -39.2 -55.9 15 16.7 -39.9 295 55 304.0 304.0 283.1 304.2 0.05 14 350 7962 -43.0 -60.4 13 17.4 -43.5 309 68 310.8 310.8 285.7 310.9 0.03 15 300 8998 -43.7 -68.1 5 24.4 -44.3 320 76 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.01 16 250 10220 -45.2 -73.8 3 28.5 -45.9 323 86 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.01 17 200 11697 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.8 318 75 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 18 150 13578 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 306 58 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16200 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 286 32 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5394.20 m Freezing level: 825.12 mb = 1673.29 m = 5489.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 834.89 mb = 1575.24 m = 5168.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.74 % Est. max temperature: 14.98 C = 58.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.24 mb = 712.36 m = 2337.11 ft T: 8.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 7.24 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.35 mb = 1100.36 m = 3610.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.57 C = 58.23 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 26.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 184.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.16 mb = 1019.92 m = 3346.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.16 mb = 1250.38 m = 4102.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.16 mb = 5211.87 m = 17099.11 ft B at Equ Level: 184.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 339.16 mb = 8173.14 m = 26814.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.0 neg: -4.6 tot: 164.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 71.87 m/s