MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510200000F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510200000F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 7Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.88,-74.28 Latitude: 40.88 Longitude: -74.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 994 91 17.6 16.3 92 1.2 16.8 166 12 291.2 293.3 290.1 324.5 11.82 2 950 483 15.5 15.4 99 0.2 15.4 174 36 293.0 295.0 290.6 326.1 11.64 3 900 941 13.4 13.1 98 0.4 13.2 180 44 295.4 297.3 290.5 325.8 10.57 4 850 1421 10.5 10.1 98 0.4 10.3 187 45 297.2 298.8 289.9 323.9 9.19 5 800 1924 8.0 6.6 91 1.4 7.2 183 44 299.7 301.1 289.5 322.4 7.68 6 750 2455 5.1 3.7 91 1.3 4.4 178 44 302.1 303.3 289.4 322.1 6.69 7 700 3015 1.8 0.1 89 1.7 0.9 176 49 304.5 305.5 289.1 321.2 5.51 8 650 3609 -1.6 -5.0 77 3.5 -3.1 179 54 307.2 308.0 288.6 319.8 4.05 9 600 4242 -4.9 -13.5 51 8.6 -8.0 183 59 310.5 310.9 288.0 317.7 2.25 10 550 4923 -7.8 -29.8 15 22.0 -13.0 189 68 314.8 314.9 287.7 316.8 0.58 11 500 5657 -12.7 -41.4 7 28.7 -17.3 188 74 317.6 317.6 288.2 318.4 0.20 12 450 6450 -18.8 -43.3 10 24.5 -22.1 185 77 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.3 0.18 13 400 7315 -25.0 -40.4 22 15.4 -27.0 182 81 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.6 0.28 14 350 8277 -28.5 -31.4 76 3.0 -29.0 177 93 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.79 15 300 9365 -35.7 -38.3 77 2.6 -36.0 182 99 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.47 16 250 10607 -44.2 -54.4 32 10.1 -44.7 198 101 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.09 17 200 12084 -50.9 -75.1 4 24.2 -51.3 175 70 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13924 -58.5 -83.5 3 25.0 -58.7 213 50 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16409 -64.1 -87.2 3 23.1 -64.3 230 23 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.07 m Freezing level: 673.38 mb = 3331.45 m = 10929.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.89 mb = 3143.31 m = 10312.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.20 % Est. max temperature: 23.81 C = 74.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.77 mb = 245.19 m = 804.43 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.73 mb = 683.80 m = 2243.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.40 C = 68.71 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 31.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.27 mb = 597.17 m = 1959.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.27 mb = 1203.72 m = 3949.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 572.27 mb = 4612.56 m = 15132.89 ft B at Equ Level: 91.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 372.27 mb = 7832.67 m = 25697.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.0 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 213.0 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.9 neg: -22.3 tot: 254.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 97.35 m/s