MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F000.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 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 45.52,-100.92 Latitude: 45.52 Longitude: -100.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 463 SFC 931 627 7.0 5.0 87 2.0 6.0 249 13 285.9 286.9 282.3 302.4 5.88 3 900 910 8.0 5.3 83 2.7 6.5 262 35 289.7 290.8 284.3 307.4 6.20 4 850 1380 5.5 2.6 82 2.9 4.0 283 35 291.9 292.8 284.4 307.5 5.42 5 800 1873 2.8 -1.0 76 3.8 1.0 282 31 294.1 294.9 284.2 307.2 4.44 6 750 2394 0.8 -3.1 75 3.9 -0.9 286 31 297.5 298.2 285.2 309.6 4.06 7 700 2946 -1.3 -5.1 76 3.7 -3.0 285 30 301.0 301.7 286.2 312.4 3.74 8 650 3534 -3.4 -7.3 74 3.9 -5.1 278 28 305.1 305.7 287.3 315.6 3.39 9 600 4164 -6.0 -10.5 71 4.5 -7.7 279 27 309.2 309.7 288.2 318.3 2.87 10 550 4841 -9.5 -14.8 65 5.3 -11.3 293 25 312.8 313.3 288.8 320.0 2.20 11 500 5571 -13.9 -23.4 45 9.5 -16.3 302 27 316.1 316.4 288.8 320.1 1.16 12 450 6363 -19.4 -30.1 38 10.7 -21.5 300 27 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.3 0.70 13 400 7226 -25.7 -34.0 45 8.4 -27.0 290 28 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.6 0.54 14 350 8179 -33.1 -41.9 41 8.8 -34.0 287 26 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.28 15 300 9244 -40.6 -50.9 32 10.3 -41.2 254 38 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.12 16 250 10475 -44.2 -67.6 6 23.3 -44.9 232 62 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 11957 -48.1 -75.4 3 27.3 -48.7 231 61 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 13824 -55.3 -82.8 2 27.5 -55.7 239 49 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16362 -63.1 -87.9 2 24.8 -63.3 239 24 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.30 m Freezing level: 730.78 mb = 2605.79 m = 8549.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.73 mb = 2142.27 m = 7028.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.27 % Est. max temperature: 16.27 C = 61.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.66 mb = 876.28 m = 2874.91 ft T: 7.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 0.35 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 1987.99 m = 6522.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.79 C = 60.42 F Cap Strength: 9.37 C Lifted Index: 10.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Showalter Index: 10.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.34 C Cross Totals Index: 16.45 C K Index: 18.17 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13163.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.31 mb = 1434.37 m = 4705.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.8 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 315.8 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.3 neg: -29.7 tot: 160.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 17.30 m/s