MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170000F021.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 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 53.41,-110.43 Latitude: 53.41 Longitude: -110.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 432 SFC 927 631 9.5 -1.7 45 11.2 4.4 299 18 288.8 289.4 281.0 299.2 3.63 3 900 879 6.2 -2.6 53 8.8 2.4 300 25 287.9 288.6 280.5 298.1 3.51 4 850 1343 1.7 -3.5 68 5.2 -0.5 302 26 287.9 288.5 280.4 297.9 3.46 5 800 1828 -2.6 -5.4 81 2.8 -3.7 305 27 288.4 288.9 280.3 297.6 3.20 6 750 2336 -6.7 -8.9 84 2.3 -7.5 314 28 289.3 289.8 280.0 297.0 2.59 7 700 2870 -10.8 -12.9 85 2.1 -11.5 315 27 290.5 290.8 279.8 296.5 2.02 8 650 3435 -14.8 -17.4 81 2.5 -15.4 306 25 292.2 292.5 279.9 296.8 1.50 9 600 4036 -19.1 -22.8 72 3.8 -19.8 303 25 294.1 294.2 280.1 297.3 1.02 10 550 4676 -24.2 -28.7 66 4.6 -24.9 302 24 295.4 295.5 280.2 297.5 0.65 11 500 5362 -30.1 -34.5 65 4.4 -30.6 300 25 296.3 296.4 280.3 297.7 0.41 12 450 6103 -35.9 -40.1 65 4.2 -36.2 300 26 298.2 298.2 280.9 299.1 0.26 13 400 6913 -39.2 -53.1 21 13.9 -39.8 291 27 304.1 304.1 283.1 304.3 0.07 14 350 7824 -40.6 -60.8 10 20.2 -41.3 275 32 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.1 0.03 15 300 8875 -39.7 -67.2 4 27.6 -40.6 256 32 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.5 0.02 16 250 10123 -39.3 -71.7 2 32.4 -40.4 257 33 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 17 200 11643 -41.6 -73.4 2 31.8 -42.7 261 39 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 18 150 13570 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 248 40 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16191 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.8 264 19 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5345.62 m Freezing level: 830.55 mb = 1531.54 m = 5024.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.84 mb = 1258.94 m = 4130.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 9.49 C = 49.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.52 mb = 2011.61 m = 6599.71 ft T: -4.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2085.49 m = 6842.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.55 C = 49.19 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.79 C Cross Totals Index: 26.60 C K Index: 26.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.21 mb = 1994.64 m = 6544.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.21 mb = 2564.05 m = 8412.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.21 mb = 3811.58 m = 12505.03 ft B at Equ Level: 10.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 508.21 mb = 5245.20 m = 17208.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: -14.4 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.25 Bulk Shear: 0.96 m/s