MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 1Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.52,-96.27 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -96.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 959 335 10.6 7.7 82 3.0 9.0 220 3 287.2 288.4 284.0 306.5 6.87 2 950 416 14.4 9.7 74 4.6 11.7 259 9 291.8 293.2 286.9 314.6 7.99 3 900 872 12.0 7.1 72 4.9 9.3 271 20 293.9 295.1 286.8 314.3 7.06 4 850 1348 8.3 4.9 79 3.5 6.5 266 27 294.9 296.0 286.5 313.4 6.38 5 800 1845 4.2 2.0 85 2.2 3.1 268 31 295.7 296.7 286.0 311.9 5.53 6 750 2368 1.8 -2.9 71 4.7 -0.3 268 29 298.6 299.3 285.7 311.0 4.12 7 700 2922 -0.7 -9.5 51 8.7 -4.2 267 28 301.7 302.1 285.2 309.9 2.66 8 650 3510 -3.4 -18.0 31 14.6 -8.0 268 28 305.1 305.4 285.2 309.7 1.43 9 600 4138 -6.7 -24.1 24 17.4 -11.3 267 27 308.4 308.5 285.8 311.4 0.90 10 550 4812 -10.9 -30.5 18 19.5 -15.1 263 27 311.1 311.2 286.4 313.0 0.55 11 500 5537 -15.3 -34.2 18 19.0 -18.7 256 31 314.4 314.5 287.4 315.9 0.42 12 450 6324 -20.6 -36.4 23 15.7 -23.1 248 34 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.7 0.38 13 400 7182 -27.4 -36.5 42 9.1 -28.6 250 34 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.42 14 350 8128 -34.7 -40.3 57 5.5 -35.3 253 39 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.33 15 300 9185 -43.0 -50.1 46 7.1 -43.3 250 42 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.13 16 250 10396 -48.1 -64.3 14 16.3 -48.5 249 37 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 17 200 11867 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.1 243 42 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 18 150 13738 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 242 38 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16311 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 253 18 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.79 m Freezing level: 714.34 mb = 2762.78 m = 9064.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.80 mb = 2316.11 m = 7598.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.22 % Est. max temperature: 18.86 C = 65.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.70 mb = 716.88 m = 2351.95 ft T: 12.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 4.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1615.89 m = 5301.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.64 C = 65.56 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 19.68 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9780.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.80 mb = 1359.23 m = 4459.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.1 neg: -7.9 tot: 59.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 27.19 m/s