MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510192100F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510192100F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 43.74,-79.31 Latitude: 43.74 Longitude: -79.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 986 138 13.5 9.8 78 3.7 11.3 240 12 287.8 289.2 285.1 309.5 7.71 2 950 445 10.3 7.5 83 2.8 8.8 241 22 287.6 288.8 284.1 306.9 6.84 3 900 892 6.2 5.3 94 0.9 5.8 243 26 287.9 289.0 283.6 305.5 6.22 4 850 1358 3.2 1.3 87 1.9 2.2 242 26 289.4 290.3 282.8 303.6 4.94 5 800 1847 0.3 -2.9 79 3.2 -1.1 237 27 291.5 292.2 282.5 302.7 3.85 6 750 2361 -3.1 -7.3 73 4.2 -4.7 233 29 293.2 293.7 282.1 301.9 2.93 7 700 2903 -6.4 -16.9 43 10.5 -9.5 233 32 295.4 295.6 281.3 299.9 1.45 8 650 3478 -10.0 -28.8 20 18.8 -13.8 231 36 297.7 297.7 281.1 299.4 0.54 9 600 4090 -14.3 -38.6 11 24.3 -17.9 222 40 299.6 299.6 281.5 300.3 0.23 10 550 4743 -18.7 -45.4 8 26.7 -21.7 210 41 301.9 301.9 282.3 302.3 0.12 11 500 5446 -23.6 -46.7 10 23.1 -25.8 209 45 304.3 304.3 283.2 304.7 0.11 12 450 6208 -27.6 -49.5 11 21.9 -29.3 211 60 308.5 308.5 284.9 308.9 0.09 13 400 7047 -31.9 -53.1 10 21.3 -33.3 207 75 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.8 0.07 14 350 7978 -37.8 -57.5 11 19.7 -38.7 203 80 317.7 317.7 288.1 317.9 0.05 15 300 9026 -43.3 -62.8 10 19.5 -43.9 204 84 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.4 0.03 16 250 10243 -46.1 -68.9 6 22.8 -46.7 201 74 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 17 200 11722 -48.2 -78.1 2 29.9 -48.8 208 56 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 18 150 13594 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 193 49 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16193 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 212 25 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5429.89 m Freezing level: 795.45 mb = 1893.76 m = 6213.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 816.37 mb = 1683.56 m = 5523.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.19 % Est. max temperature: 15.67 C = 60.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.24 mb = 600.91 m = 1971.47 ft T: 8.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 10.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 868.58 m = 2849.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.57 C = 56.43 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 17.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.84 mb = 856.64 m = 2810.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.84 mb = 902.35 m = 2960.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 548.84 mb = 4758.97 m = 15613.22 ft B at Equ Level: 66.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 448.84 mb = 6226.34 m = 20427.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 41.95 m/s