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: 47.52,-96.33 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -96.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 967 323 9.4 7.0 85 2.3 8.1 298 12 285.2 286.4 282.7 303.4 6.51 2 950 471 7.8 5.8 87 2.1 6.8 301 18 285.1 286.2 282.2 302.1 6.07 3 900 915 5.5 2.5 81 3.1 4.1 305 21 287.2 288.1 282.0 301.6 5.08 4 850 1379 1.9 0.0 87 1.9 1.0 298 21 288.1 288.9 281.8 301.0 4.50 5 800 1866 -0.7 -7.5 60 6.8 -3.3 309 22 290.4 290.9 280.6 298.4 2.72 6 750 2379 -2.9 -15.5 37 12.5 -6.8 298 18 293.4 293.6 280.5 298.1 1.52 7 700 2922 -6.5 -10.5 73 4.0 -7.9 268 17 295.2 295.7 282.4 302.7 2.45 8 650 3496 -10.1 -12.4 83 2.3 -10.8 253 28 297.6 298.0 283.2 304.5 2.27 9 600 4109 -13.8 -16.7 79 2.9 -14.6 241 31 300.2 300.5 283.6 305.6 1.73 10 550 4765 -17.9 -20.4 81 2.5 -18.5 239 32 302.8 303.1 284.2 307.2 1.37 11 500 5471 -22.5 -26.0 73 3.5 -23.1 242 41 305.7 305.8 284.8 308.7 0.92 12 450 6236 -27.6 -30.8 74 3.2 -28.0 235 54 308.6 308.7 285.6 310.8 0.65 13 400 7070 -34.5 -38.8 65 4.2 -34.9 231 55 310.1 310.2 285.8 311.3 0.33 14 350 7989 -41.1 -49.6 39 8.5 -41.5 228 59 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.8 0.12 15 300 9029 -43.6 -68.2 5 24.6 -44.3 224 62 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.01 16 250 10254 -42.0 -70.6 3 28.6 -42.9 228 61 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.01 17 200 11767 -43.0 -74.4 2 31.4 -44.0 229 38 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 18 150 13665 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 226 15 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16250 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 247 21 418.0 418.0 307.5 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5426.55 m Freezing level: 813.75 mb = 1731.92 m = 5682.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 838.29 mb = 1490.66 m = 4890.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.05 % Est. max temperature: 13.69 C = 56.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.35 mb = 616.07 m = 2021.21 ft T: 7.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 5.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1253.32 m = 4111.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.98 C = 53.57 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 5.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 20.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14350.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.54 mb = 1083.25 m = 3553.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.2 neg: -13.9 tot: 15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 53.12 m/s