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: 47.57,-99.84 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -99.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 949 523 9.9 3.4 64 6.5 6.6 301 18 287.3 288.2 282.1 301.9 5.13 3 900 956 5.6 0.4 69 5.3 3.2 302 31 287.3 288.1 281.2 299.8 4.36 4 850 1420 1.2 -1.3 84 2.5 0.1 303 34 287.4 288.1 281.0 299.1 4.10 5 800 1904 -2.9 -4.5 89 1.5 -3.6 308 38 288.0 288.6 280.4 297.9 3.42 6 750 2411 -6.6 -9.2 82 2.6 -7.5 316 40 289.4 289.8 279.9 296.8 2.53 7 700 2947 -10.0 -14.4 70 4.4 -11.3 318 39 291.4 291.7 279.9 296.8 1.79 8 650 3513 -14.0 -20.4 58 6.5 -15.5 317 36 293.1 293.3 279.9 296.7 1.16 9 600 4115 -18.5 -27.0 47 8.5 -20.0 315 35 294.7 294.8 280.0 297.0 0.70 10 550 4757 -23.9 -34.0 39 10.1 -25.2 311 34 295.8 295.8 280.0 297.1 0.39 11 500 5443 -30.1 -39.3 40 9.2 -30.9 308 33 296.4 296.4 280.1 297.2 0.25 12 450 6183 -36.0 -44.9 40 8.8 -36.6 309 34 298.0 298.0 280.7 298.5 0.16 13 400 6993 -39.7 -54.8 19 15.1 -40.4 303 33 303.3 303.3 282.8 303.5 0.06 14 350 7900 -41.8 -63.4 8 21.5 -42.5 290 33 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.4 0.02 15 300 8941 -42.6 -66.2 6 23.6 -43.3 297 38 325.2 325.3 290.3 325.3 0.02 16 250 10175 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -41.9 286 28 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 17 200 11693 -42.2 -73.9 2 31.6 -43.3 291 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 18 150 13617 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.6 241 24 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.01 19 100 16232 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 272 25 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5353.25 m Freezing level: 835.60 mb = 1559.18 m = 5115.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 848.92 mb = 1429.87 m = 4691.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.00 % Est. max temperature: 10.59 C = 51.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.00 mb = 1334.27 m = 4377.48 ft T: 2.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 5.16 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.08 mb = 1609.09 m = 5279.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.19 C = 50.34 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.26 C Cross Totals Index: 28.80 C K Index: 25.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.84 mb = 1572.99 m = 5160.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.84 mb = 1717.92 m = 5636.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.84 mb = 6355.94 m = 20852.58 ft B at Equ Level: 126.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 378.84 mb = 7361.99 m = 24153.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.8 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 340.8 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.1 neg: -10.1 tot: 122.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 8.58 Bulk Shear: 14.93 m/s