MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.52,-99.71 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -99.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 510 SFC 948 525 10.0 3.2 63 6.8 6.6 301 18 287.5 288.4 282.1 302.0 5.09 3 900 956 5.7 0.4 69 5.3 3.2 302 31 287.4 288.1 281.3 299.8 4.36 4 850 1419 1.3 -1.3 83 2.5 0.1 303 34 287.5 288.2 281.0 299.2 4.09 5 800 1903 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.5 -3.6 307 37 288.0 288.6 280.4 298.0 3.43 6 750 2411 -6.7 -9.0 84 2.3 -7.5 314 39 289.3 289.8 280.0 296.9 2.58 7 700 2947 -10.1 -14.2 72 4.1 -11.3 316 38 291.3 291.7 279.9 296.8 1.82 8 650 3513 -13.9 -20.5 57 6.6 -15.5 315 35 293.2 293.4 279.9 296.8 1.15 9 600 4115 -18.5 -27.2 46 8.7 -20.1 314 34 294.7 294.8 280.0 296.9 0.68 10 550 4756 -23.9 -33.9 39 10.0 -25.2 311 33 295.7 295.8 280.0 297.0 0.39 11 500 5443 -30.1 -39.0 41 9.0 -30.9 308 32 296.4 296.4 280.1 297.3 0.26 12 450 6183 -35.9 -44.7 40 8.8 -36.5 308 33 298.1 298.1 280.7 298.6 0.16 13 400 6993 -39.6 -55.1 18 15.5 -40.2 299 32 303.5 303.5 282.9 303.7 0.05 14 350 7900 -41.9 -63.0 8 21.0 -42.5 287 33 312.2 312.2 286.1 312.3 0.02 15 300 8941 -42.6 -66.2 6 23.6 -43.3 294 37 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.4 0.02 16 250 10176 -40.7 -72.7 2 32.0 -41.8 283 28 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.01 17 200 11694 -42.2 -73.8 2 31.6 -43.3 289 30 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 18 150 13618 -46.8 -77.3 2 30.5 -47.7 237 23 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.5 0.01 19 100 16234 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 272 25 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5353.34 m Freezing level: 834.85 mb = 1566.06 m = 5137.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 848.14 mb = 1436.82 m = 4713.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.17 % Est. max temperature: 10.60 C = 51.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.47 mb = 1367.33 m = 4485.94 ft T: 1.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 5.16 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1621.91 m = 5321.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.23 C = 50.41 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.33 C Cross Totals Index: 28.78 C K Index: 25.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.21 mb = 1588.28 m = 5210.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.21 mb = 1733.52 m = 5687.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.21 mb = 6381.27 m = 20935.67 ft B at Equ Level: 131.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.21 mb = 7391.45 m = 24249.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.9 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 339.9 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.3 neg: -10.4 tot: 110.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 10.61 Bulk Shear: 12.64 m/s