MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F000.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 1500Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.39,-110.16 Latitude: 47.39 Longitude: -110.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 586 2 900 1029 SFC 891 1107 2.3 -2.7 69 5.0 0.2 252 5 284.7 285.3 279.0 294.7 3.52 4 850 1493 2.7 -7.4 47 10.2 -1.2 301 15 289.0 289.5 279.8 296.6 2.57 5 800 1981 -0.4 -10.5 46 10.1 -4.0 301 14 290.7 291.1 280.1 297.1 2.14 6 750 2492 -4.9 -12.4 56 7.5 -7.4 295 15 291.2 291.6 280.1 297.1 1.96 7 700 3029 -9.8 -15.7 62 5.9 -11.5 301 18 291.6 291.9 279.8 296.5 1.61 8 650 3596 -14.1 -22.1 51 8.0 -15.9 310 26 293.0 293.2 279.6 296.1 1.00 9 600 4198 -18.0 -33.1 25 15.1 -20.3 321 34 295.3 295.4 279.8 296.6 0.39 10 550 4843 -22.0 -41.8 15 19.8 -24.1 328 41 298.0 298.0 280.7 298.6 0.18 11 500 5538 -25.7 -49.4 9 23.7 -27.5 330 51 301.8 301.8 282.2 302.1 0.09 12 450 6297 -27.7 -52.5 8 24.8 -29.5 331 73 308.4 308.4 284.8 308.6 0.07 13 400 7140 -29.9 -49.9 13 20.0 -31.5 333 97 316.1 316.1 287.6 316.5 0.10 14 350 8080 -35.1 -51.6 17 16.5 -36.2 340 128 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.8 0.09 15 300 9138 -42.2 -55.7 22 13.5 -42.8 338 148 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.07 16 250 10347 -50.4 -62.6 22 12.2 -50.7 343 137 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.03 17 200 11805 -48.2 -74.5 3 26.3 -48.8 315 93 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 13688 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 322 61 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16280 -57.2 -79.7 4 22.5 -57.6 298 38 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5368.68 m Freezing level: 806.36 mb = 1918.75 m = 6295.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 885.61 mb = 1160.04 m = 3805.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.93 % Est. max temperature: 8.71 C = 47.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.77 mb = 1735.59 m = 5694.13 ft T: 1.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 1.03 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.68 mb = 3021.79 m = 9913.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.05 C = 48.28 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 15.06 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15744.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.48 mb = 2697.57 m = 8850.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.4 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 354.4 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.4 neg: -5.1 tot: 195.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 120.89 m/s