MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 1Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.80,-101.99 Latitude: 39.80 Longitude: -101.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 456 2 900 928 SFC 882 1104 19.6 17.3 86 2.4 18.0 7 4 303.5 306.1 295.7 345.6 14.19 4 850 1422 18.9 15.0 78 4.0 16.3 181 18 306.0 308.4 295.3 344.0 12.69 5 800 1942 16.7 12.2 75 4.5 13.8 191 30 309.0 311.1 295.1 343.2 11.24 6 750 2489 13.2 8.8 75 4.4 10.4 208 31 310.9 312.7 294.4 340.2 9.54 7 700 3066 8.6 3.4 70 5.2 5.6 226 29 312.0 313.3 292.7 333.7 6.99 8 650 3673 2.9 -1.8 71 4.8 0.5 235 29 312.3 313.3 291.3 328.5 5.15 9 600 4315 -2.6 -4.2 89 1.6 -3.4 230 30 313.1 314.0 291.1 327.8 4.67 10 550 5000 -7.1 -7.4 97 0.3 -7.2 222 36 315.7 316.4 291.3 328.4 3.98 11 500 5735 -12.4 -14.1 87 1.7 -13.0 220 45 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.4 2.57 12 450 6533 -16.5 -29.9 30 13.4 -19.4 223 55 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.1 0.71 13 400 7410 -21.6 -39.5 18 18.0 -24.2 222 60 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.31 14 350 8380 -28.1 -51.0 9 22.9 -30.2 222 66 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 15 300 9468 -35.7 -57.9 8 22.2 -37.0 221 62 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 16 250 10709 -45.1 -64.9 9 19.7 -45.7 212 65 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 17 200 12175 -51.2 -73.6 5 22.3 -51.7 222 65 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13995 -62.8 -80.5 7 17.7 -63.0 223 66 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.7 -87.2 5 18.5 -68.8 218 21 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.23 m Freezing level: 623.56 mb = 4012.40 m = 13163.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.68 mb = 3751.31 m = 12307.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.93 mb = 1402.34 m = 4600.79 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 17.75 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.36 mb = 2608.81 m = 8558.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -7.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -7.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.37 C Cross Totals Index: 27.38 C K Index: 41.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1472.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.57 mb = 2118.03 m = 6948.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.57 mb = 3082.45 m = 10112.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.57 mb = 11297.68 m = 37065.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1463.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.57 mb = 14931.25 m = 48986.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.41 Bulk Rich Number: 16.51 Bulk Shear: 89.21 m/s