MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F003.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 0Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.80,-101.74 Latitude: 39.80 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 1 950 448 2 900 922 SFC 887 1046 20.6 15.7 74 4.9 17.3 161 11 304.0 306.3 294.8 341.9 12.76 4 850 1418 20.1 14.3 70 5.7 16.2 177 32 307.2 309.5 295.3 343.9 12.18 5 800 1940 17.3 11.8 70 5.4 13.7 185 40 309.6 311.6 295.0 343.0 10.96 6 750 2488 13.4 9.7 78 3.7 11.0 199 38 311.1 313.0 294.8 342.1 10.10 7 700 3065 9.2 4.1 71 5.0 6.2 215 34 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.5 7.37 8 650 3673 3.6 -0.3 76 3.9 1.5 226 34 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.1 5.76 9 600 4316 -2.2 -4.4 85 2.2 -3.3 228 37 313.6 314.4 291.2 328.2 4.60 10 550 5002 -6.9 -10.8 74 3.9 -8.4 225 44 315.9 316.5 290.5 325.8 3.06 11 500 5739 -11.1 -21.5 42 10.4 -14.2 221 55 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.2 1.37 12 450 6540 -15.7 -28.5 32 12.8 -18.6 220 60 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.4 0.81 13 400 7417 -21.7 -41.2 15 19.5 -24.5 221 64 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.26 14 350 8386 -28.6 -43.3 23 14.7 -30.2 222 64 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.24 15 300 9473 -35.9 -57.9 9 22.0 -37.2 221 63 334.7 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 16 250 10712 -45.8 -63.0 13 17.2 -46.3 214 63 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 17 200 12176 -51.3 -73.7 5 22.3 -51.7 220 70 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13993 -62.6 -80.5 7 17.9 -62.7 223 70 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16463 -69.2 -87.2 6 18.0 -69.3 231 19 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.81 m Freezing level: 619.11 mb = 4070.71 m = 13355.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.15 mb = 3871.78 m = 12702.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.69 mb = 1667.73 m = 5471.49 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 19.74 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2746.62 m = 9011.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 40.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 555.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1345.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.37 mb = 2249.19 m = 7379.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.37 mb = 3226.41 m = 10585.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.37 mb = 11363.45 m = 37281.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1332.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.37 mb = 15037.49 m = 49335.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 344.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.79 Bulk Rich Number: 12.08 Bulk Shear: 111.42 m/s