MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.55,-95.62 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -95.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 959 423 7.6 2.0 68 5.6 4.9 276 10 284.2 285.0 280.1 297.2 4.62 2 950 498 8.5 2.3 65 6.2 5.5 282 19 285.8 286.6 281.0 299.2 4.74 3 900 942 5.0 -0.3 69 5.3 2.6 292 29 286.6 287.4 280.7 298.5 4.16 4 850 1405 0.6 -2.3 81 2.9 -0.7 299 31 286.7 287.4 280.3 297.6 3.80 5 800 1887 -4.0 -4.9 93 0.9 -4.3 303 32 286.9 287.5 279.8 296.5 3.32 6 750 2393 -6.8 -10.5 75 3.7 -8.1 303 32 289.2 289.6 279.5 295.9 2.28 7 700 2928 -10.4 -14.4 73 4.0 -11.6 300 32 290.9 291.3 279.7 296.3 1.79 8 650 3494 -14.1 -24.1 43 9.9 -16.2 298 32 293.0 293.2 279.4 295.7 0.84 9 600 4096 -18.5 -31.2 32 12.7 -20.5 299 33 294.7 294.8 279.7 296.3 0.47 10 550 4738 -23.3 -36.7 28 13.4 -24.9 301 33 296.5 296.5 280.2 297.5 0.30 11 500 5428 -28.9 -38.7 38 9.8 -29.8 300 31 297.8 297.9 280.8 298.8 0.27 12 450 6172 -34.4 -44.9 34 10.5 -35.1 280 25 300.0 300.0 281.5 300.5 0.15 13 400 6987 -38.1 -55.2 15 17.2 -38.8 238 37 305.5 305.5 283.7 305.7 0.05 14 350 7900 -41.1 -60.5 11 19.4 -41.8 237 47 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.4 0.03 15 300 8943 -41.8 -65.8 6 24.0 -42.5 239 38 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.02 16 250 10183 -40.1 -72.3 2 32.2 -41.2 250 34 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 17 200 11702 -41.7 -73.5 2 31.8 -42.9 238 32 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 18 150 13628 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.2 243 32 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.01 19 100 16243 -57.2 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 257 32 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5352.34 m Freezing level: 843.86 mb = 1463.89 m = 4802.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.41 mb = 1306.08 m = 4284.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.33 % Est. max temperature: 10.30 C = 50.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.20 mb = 1122.08 m = 3681.33 ft T: 3.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1567.21 m = 5141.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.21 C = 50.38 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 26.58 C K Index: 23.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.87 mb = 1509.54 m = 4952.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.87 mb = 1653.15 m = 5423.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.87 mb = 3106.44 m = 10191.59 ft B at Equ Level: 20.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 573.87 mb = 4424.75 m = 14516.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 104.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 10.96 m/s