MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 48.17,-106.85 Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -106.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 566 SFC 936 685 10.0 -3.1 40 13.0 4.2 304 17 288.5 289.1 280.4 298.0 3.25 3 900 1012 6.3 -5.2 43 11.5 1.5 303 24 288.0 288.5 279.7 296.3 2.87 4 850 1476 1.7 -6.3 55 8.0 -1.4 303 26 288.0 288.4 279.6 296.2 2.81 5 800 1960 -2.6 -8.9 62 6.3 -4.8 304 28 288.4 288.8 279.3 295.5 2.43 6 750 2469 -6.0 -15.1 48 9.1 -8.7 311 30 290.1 290.4 279.0 294.9 1.58 7 700 3005 -9.1 -22.5 33 13.4 -12.2 313 30 292.4 292.6 279.2 295.3 0.90 8 650 3574 -12.9 -29.3 24 16.4 -16.0 308 32 294.4 294.4 279.6 296.0 0.52 9 600 4179 -17.3 -35.7 18 18.5 -19.9 305 35 296.1 296.2 280.1 297.2 0.30 10 550 4825 -20.9 -42.2 13 21.4 -23.2 314 46 299.3 299.3 281.3 299.9 0.17 11 500 5526 -22.9 -46.2 10 23.3 -25.1 321 65 305.2 305.2 283.7 305.6 0.12 12 450 6294 -25.7 -36.5 36 10.8 -27.1 321 82 310.9 311.0 286.1 312.2 0.37 13 400 7138 -30.6 -40.6 37 10.1 -31.6 326 89 315.2 315.3 287.5 316.2 0.27 14 350 8077 -35.2 -49.1 23 13.9 -36.2 333 112 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.7 0.13 15 300 9132 -43.6 -54.9 28 11.3 -44.1 327 123 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.2 0.07 16 250 10331 -52.4 -60.1 39 7.7 -52.5 333 118 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.05 17 200 11766 -50.5 -74.3 4 23.8 -51.0 314 84 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13638 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 314 53 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16228 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 289 23 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5380.99 m Freezing level: 829.98 mb = 1669.97 m = 5478.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.92 mb = 1250.58 m = 4102.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.89 % Est. max temperature: 10.33 C = 50.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.00 mb = 2292.17 m = 7520.16 ft T: -4.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.82 mb = 2831.40 m = 9289.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.10 C = 55.58 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 8.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 8.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 16.60 C K Index: 4.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 117.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14727.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.22 mb = 2424.44 m = 7954.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.4 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 344.4 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 62.12 m/s