MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 48.26,-106.64 Latitude: 48.26 Longitude: -106.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 482 SFC 926 698 10.0 4.4 68 5.6 7.1 307 10 289.5 290.5 283.7 305.7 5.68 3 900 930 7.7 1.9 67 5.8 4.8 310 15 289.4 290.2 282.7 303.4 4.87 4 850 1402 8.3 -2.0 48 10.3 3.5 335 18 294.8 295.5 283.9 306.3 3.88 5 800 1899 4.6 -3.2 57 7.8 1.1 329 20 296.0 296.7 284.3 307.3 3.76 6 750 2421 0.8 -5.2 64 6.0 -1.8 305 25 297.4 298.1 284.5 307.8 3.45 7 700 2972 -2.2 -10.5 53 8.3 -5.3 295 30 300.1 300.5 284.4 307.7 2.46 8 650 3558 -5.2 -15.6 44 10.4 -8.6 291 32 303.1 303.4 284.8 308.6 1.74 9 600 4181 -9.5 -16.2 59 6.6 -11.6 285 34 305.1 305.4 285.6 310.8 1.81 10 550 4846 -13.9 -17.5 75 3.5 -15.0 283 36 307.5 307.9 286.5 313.2 1.76 11 500 5564 -18.3 -21.3 77 3.0 -19.1 283 39 310.7 311.0 287.2 315.3 1.40 12 450 6343 -23.4 -25.7 82 2.2 -23.9 282 43 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.3 1.05 13 400 7192 -29.7 -32.0 81 2.3 -30.1 277 43 316.3 316.5 288.3 318.6 0.65 14 350 8129 -36.9 -41.1 64 4.3 -37.2 265 43 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.30 15 300 9179 -43.5 -59.5 15 16.0 -44.0 267 50 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.04 16 250 10397 -44.8 -67.9 6 23.2 -45.4 282 50 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 17 200 11888 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.2 291 37 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 18 150 13753 -56.8 -83.8 2 27.0 -57.1 266 11 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16289 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 253 26 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5518.28 m Freezing level: 736.47 mb = 2570.22 m = 8432.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.29 mb = 2090.61 m = 6858.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.10 % Est. max temperature: 17.09 C = 62.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.33 mb = 1398.55 m = 4588.37 ft T: 8.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 2.33 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.96 mb = 3143.57 m = 10313.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.24 C = 70.23 F Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lifted Index: 7.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.38 C Showalter Index: 6.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 16.32 C K Index: 16.28 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12603.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.01 mb = 2145.47 m = 7038.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -14.2 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 45.03 m/s