MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 2Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.43,-93.04 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 976 247 20.1 18.4 90 1.8 18.9 249 4 295.3 297.8 293.0 334.7 13.73 2 950 485 19.3 16.9 86 2.4 17.7 248 15 296.8 299.1 292.7 333.8 12.83 3 900 950 17.9 13.3 75 4.6 15.0 230 25 300.0 301.9 292.1 331.5 10.76 4 850 1437 14.0 12.1 88 1.9 12.8 223 31 300.8 302.8 292.2 331.8 10.50 5 800 1946 10.8 10.7 99 0.1 10.7 230 35 302.7 304.6 292.5 332.9 10.17 6 750 2483 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 237 37 304.8 306.4 291.7 330.2 8.46 7 700 3049 5.0 -1.5 63 6.5 1.7 243 36 308.0 308.9 289.7 323.1 4.88 8 650 3649 0.7 -4.5 68 5.2 -1.7 244 38 309.7 310.5 289.6 323.0 4.22 9 600 4286 -3.8 -11.7 54 7.9 -6.9 238 43 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.1 2.60 10 550 4968 -7.2 -23.5 26 16.3 -11.8 238 46 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.2 1.05 11 500 5707 -10.3 -40.7 6 30.4 -15.7 239 45 320.4 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.22 12 450 6508 -16.0 -42.4 8 26.4 -20.0 236 47 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.9 0.20 13 400 7382 -23.1 -44.8 12 21.7 -25.7 237 52 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.18 14 350 8344 -30.3 -50.7 12 20.4 -32.0 234 57 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.10 15 300 9422 -38.5 -55.6 15 17.1 -39.4 238 59 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 16 250 10645 -48.9 -57.6 35 8.7 -49.1 240 73 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12091 -52.7 -70.3 10 17.6 -53.0 236 62 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13915 -60.5 -80.6 5 20.1 -60.7 250 65 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16391 -66.4 -87.1 4 20.7 -66.5 254 35 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.86 m Freezing level: 642.40 mb = 3745.79 m = 12289.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.14 mb = 3341.59 m = 10963.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.54 mb = 471.39 m = 1546.55 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1442.84 m = 4733.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 29.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 317.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.53 mb = 1117.23 m = 3665.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.53 mb = 2076.99 m = 6814.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.53 mb = 9706.39 m = 31844.74 ft B at Equ Level: 315.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.53 mb = 11851.73 m = 38883.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 70.19 m/s