MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 44.00,-94.20 Latitude: 44.00 Longitude: -94.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 970 308 14.9 8.2 64 6.7 11.1 304 15 290.5 291.8 285.5 310.6 7.04 2 950 487 12.5 6.9 69 5.6 9.5 301 20 289.9 291.1 284.8 308.6 6.58 3 900 937 8.2 5.9 85 2.3 6.9 300 22 289.9 291.1 284.7 308.3 6.46 4 850 1406 4.3 3.3 93 1.0 3.8 300 22 290.7 291.7 284.2 307.1 5.73 5 800 1896 0.8 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 295 20 292.0 292.9 284.0 306.4 4.95 6 750 2412 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.3 266 18 294.3 295.1 284.1 306.7 4.21 7 700 2959 -3.5 -4.2 95 0.7 -3.8 233 29 298.7 299.4 285.5 310.7 4.00 8 650 3543 -6.2 -7.0 94 0.8 -6.5 228 40 302.0 302.6 286.2 312.6 3.47 9 600 4164 -10.2 -11.1 93 0.9 -10.5 235 43 304.3 304.8 286.4 312.9 2.74 10 550 4829 -14.6 -16.1 89 1.5 -15.1 238 44 306.7 307.1 286.4 313.0 1.98 11 500 5544 -19.7 -21.5 85 1.8 -20.1 234 46 309.1 309.3 286.6 313.6 1.37 12 450 6317 -25.1 -26.9 85 1.8 -25.4 228 50 311.7 311.9 287.1 314.9 0.94 13 400 7162 -31.1 -34.1 75 3.0 -31.5 224 59 314.6 314.7 287.6 316.4 0.53 14 350 8094 -37.6 -40.0 78 2.4 -37.8 222 77 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.2 0.34 15 300 9142 -43.6 -49.1 54 5.5 -43.9 224 95 323.9 324.0 290.1 324.5 0.15 16 250 10356 -46.7 -65.5 10 18.8 -47.2 227 86 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 17 200 11836 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.1 237 55 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 18 150 13702 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 249 45 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16281 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 248 25 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.04 m Freezing level: 785.63 mb = 2044.67 m = 6708.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.88 mb = 2008.22 m = 6588.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.41 % Est. max temperature: 15.83 C = 60.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.91 mb = 1140.78 m = 3742.67 ft T: 6.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 4.16 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.79 mb = 1283.20 m = 4209.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.83 C = 58.70 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 26.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.35 mb = 1230.55 m = 4037.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.35 mb = 1373.46 m = 4506.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.35 mb = 2590.37 m = 8498.49 ft B at Equ Level: 25.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 673.35 mb = 3264.77 m = 10711.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.1 neg: -19.1 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 101.89 m/s