MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.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 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.24,-100.93 Latitude: 40.24 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 536 SFC 916 842 10.6 5.4 70 5.2 7.8 325 17 291.0 292.1 284.8 308.6 6.15 3 900 988 9.8 3.5 65 6.3 6.6 330 29 291.6 292.6 284.4 307.4 5.48 4 850 1460 8.2 0.8 60 7.4 4.5 342 37 294.7 295.6 284.8 308.8 4.78 5 800 1961 7.7 -2.0 50 9.6 3.1 322 33 299.3 300.1 285.9 311.7 4.13 6 750 2489 4.3 -5.5 49 9.8 -0.0 309 29 301.3 301.9 285.9 311.6 3.38 7 700 3046 0.1 -7.9 55 8.0 -3.2 284 29 302.6 303.2 286.0 311.9 3.00 8 650 3635 -3.9 -11.0 58 7.0 -6.5 277 34 304.5 305.0 286.2 312.5 2.55 9 600 4262 -8.1 -14.2 62 6.1 -10.2 275 37 306.7 307.1 286.6 313.5 2.13 10 550 4931 -12.7 -18.4 63 5.6 -14.4 274 40 309.0 309.3 286.8 314.3 1.63 11 500 5651 -18.0 -23.2 63 5.2 -19.3 272 42 311.1 311.3 287.1 315.0 1.18 12 450 6429 -23.8 -28.9 62 5.2 -24.7 263 42 313.4 313.5 287.4 316.0 0.78 13 400 7277 -30.5 -35.7 61 5.2 -31.2 254 42 315.3 315.4 287.8 316.9 0.46 14 350 8211 -37.6 -42.4 61 4.8 -37.9 249 48 318.1 318.1 288.4 319.0 0.26 15 300 9260 -42.8 -57.4 19 14.6 -43.3 244 50 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.3 0.05 16 250 10484 -44.5 -66.7 7 22.2 -45.2 256 54 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 17 200 11963 -48.7 -76.7 2 28.0 -49.2 270 68 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 13828 -56.3 -83.7 2 27.3 -56.6 262 46 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16341 -62.6 -88.1 2 25.5 -62.8 270 37 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.89 m Freezing level: 698.64 mb = 3062.17 m = 10046.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.63 mb = 2482.23 m = 8143.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.20 % Est. max temperature: 20.03 C = 68.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.71 mb = 1492.00 m = 4894.95 ft T: 8.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 1.14 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.61 mb = 3292.86 m = 10803.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.74 C = 72.93 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: 5.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.89 C Showalter Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 19.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11380.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.59 mb = 2214.43 m = 7265.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 6.3 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -70.1 tot: -55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: -5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 96.78 m/s