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: 47.41,-96.46 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -96.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 972 285 9.8 7.3 85 2.5 8.5 299 12 285.3 286.4 282.9 303.7 6.62 2 950 473 7.9 5.7 86 2.2 6.7 302 19 285.2 286.2 282.2 302.0 6.03 3 900 917 5.6 2.1 78 3.6 3.9 307 21 287.3 288.2 281.9 301.4 4.94 4 850 1381 1.9 0.1 88 1.8 1.1 300 20 288.2 289.0 281.8 301.1 4.53 5 800 1868 -0.9 -6.8 64 6.0 -3.2 310 21 290.2 290.7 280.7 298.6 2.86 6 750 2381 -3.1 -14.7 40 11.6 -6.8 298 17 293.2 293.5 280.6 298.2 1.63 7 700 2923 -6.5 -9.7 78 3.2 -7.7 266 17 295.3 295.7 282.7 303.2 2.61 8 650 3498 -10.0 -12.0 85 2.0 -10.6 253 27 297.7 298.1 283.4 304.9 2.34 9 600 4111 -13.9 -16.4 81 2.6 -14.6 243 30 300.1 300.4 283.7 305.6 1.76 10 550 4766 -18.1 -20.7 80 2.7 -18.7 242 31 302.6 302.9 284.1 306.9 1.33 11 500 5472 -22.6 -26.2 73 3.6 -23.3 243 40 305.5 305.7 284.7 308.5 0.90 12 450 6237 -27.6 -30.6 76 3.0 -28.0 234 54 308.5 308.7 285.6 310.8 0.67 13 400 7071 -34.6 -38.4 68 3.9 -34.9 231 56 310.1 310.1 285.8 311.3 0.35 14 350 7990 -41.2 -49.4 41 8.2 -41.6 229 59 313.2 313.2 286.6 313.6 0.12 15 300 9030 -43.5 -68.6 5 25.1 -44.2 225 61 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.0 0.01 16 250 10254 -42.2 -70.4 3 28.2 -43.1 228 63 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.01 17 200 11768 -43.0 -74.4 2 31.4 -44.0 229 37 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 18 150 13666 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 227 16 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16251 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 247 22 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5425.90 m Freezing level: 815.64 mb = 1715.68 m = 5628.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 837.44 mb = 1500.90 m = 4924.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.29 % Est. max temperature: 13.80 C = 56.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.82 mb = 596.31 m = 1956.37 ft T: 7.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1260.98 m = 4137.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.44 C = 54.40 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: 5.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 21.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14203.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.40 mb = 1077.45 m = 3534.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -13.4 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 49.79 m/s