MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510200300F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510200300F000.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: RUC analysis for 0300Z 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.40,-80.97 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -80.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 966 353 10.1 8.9 92 1.2 9.5 262 14 286.1 287.3 284.1 306.8 7.42 2 950 495 8.7 7.8 94 0.9 8.2 252 20 286.1 287.3 283.7 305.7 7.01 3 900 940 5.3 5.2 100 0.1 5.2 267 28 286.9 288.0 283.1 304.3 6.18 4 850 1405 2.6 2.5 100 0.1 2.6 277 28 288.9 289.8 283.1 304.3 5.41 5 800 1893 0.3 0.2 100 0.1 0.3 295 25 291.4 292.3 283.6 305.5 4.86 6 750 2409 -2.4 -2.4 100 0.1 -2.4 303 21 294.0 294.8 284.0 306.5 4.26 7 700 2954 -5.4 -5.7 98 0.3 -5.5 300 17 296.5 297.2 284.2 307.2 3.57 8 650 3532 -8.7 -10.5 87 1.8 -9.4 285 16 299.1 299.6 284.2 307.2 2.65 9 600 4148 -12.4 -14.7 83 2.3 -13.1 261 15 301.8 302.2 284.7 308.2 2.04 10 550 4807 -16.7 -19.6 78 2.9 -17.4 241 14 304.3 304.5 284.9 309.0 1.47 11 500 5516 -21.4 -27.2 59 5.8 -22.5 215 16 306.9 307.1 285.2 309.6 0.82 12 450 6285 -25.6 -32.0 55 6.3 -26.6 174 34 311.0 311.1 286.4 313.0 0.58 13 400 7129 -30.3 -41.1 34 10.7 -31.4 164 44 315.6 315.6 287.6 316.5 0.26 14 350 8073 -32.6 -53.2 11 20.7 -34.0 182 43 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.08 15 300 9155 -34.2 -68.0 2 33.8 -35.8 188 54 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.01 16 250 10423 -35.6 -69.0 2 33.4 -37.2 201 48 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 17 200 11948 -42.9 -74.4 2 31.4 -43.9 208 53 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 18 150 13854 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 209 41 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16411 -61.7 -87.3 2 25.7 -61.9 226 22 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5448.69 m Freezing level: 794.80 mb = 1946.69 m = 6386.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.18 mb = 1941.33 m = 6369.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.50 % Est. max temperature: 14.61 C = 58.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.82 mb = 504.91 m = 1656.51 ft T: 8.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 845.46 m = 2773.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.82 C = 51.47 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 26.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.64 mb = 851.93 m = 2795.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.64 mb = 897.28 m = 2943.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 824.64 mb = 1648.73 m = 5409.16 ft B at Equ Level: 14.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.64 mb = 2465.24 m = 8087.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 97.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 54.58 Bulk Shear: 0.26 m/s