MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.12,-94.70 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -94.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 969 353 11.6 7.9 78 3.8 9.6 325 16 287.4 288.6 284.1 306.8 6.89 2 950 515 10.8 6.7 76 4.1 8.6 328 26 288.2 289.3 284.0 306.5 6.49 3 900 963 7.5 4.0 79 3.5 5.7 333 29 289.2 290.2 283.5 305.3 5.66 4 850 1432 4.7 2.4 85 2.3 3.5 341 21 291.1 292.0 284.0 306.5 5.35 5 800 1923 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.6 343 16 291.9 292.8 283.9 306.2 4.93 6 750 2439 -2.4 -2.7 98 0.3 -2.6 324 13 294.0 294.7 283.9 306.3 4.18 7 700 2983 -5.4 -5.6 98 0.2 -5.4 280 16 296.6 297.2 284.3 307.3 3.60 8 650 3562 -8.4 -8.6 99 0.2 -8.5 270 25 299.4 300.0 284.9 308.8 3.07 9 600 4179 -11.9 -12.2 97 0.3 -12.0 263 27 302.4 302.8 285.4 310.1 2.49 10 550 4839 -16.4 -17.2 94 0.7 -16.7 249 31 304.6 304.9 285.4 310.3 1.81 11 500 5549 -21.2 -24.3 76 3.1 -21.8 238 37 307.2 307.4 285.6 310.7 1.07 12 450 6319 -25.8 -32.7 52 6.9 -26.8 230 44 310.8 310.9 286.3 312.7 0.54 13 400 7162 -30.8 -34.1 72 3.3 -31.2 222 53 315.0 315.1 287.7 316.8 0.53 14 350 8102 -34.1 -37.2 73 3.1 -34.4 211 79 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.45 15 300 9168 -40.1 -41.6 86 1.5 -40.2 197 105 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.33 16 250 10395 -46.0 -58.9 22 12.9 -46.5 208 88 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 11878 -46.7 -75.3 2 28.6 -47.4 234 63 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13762 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 253 45 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16320 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 272 31 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.62 m Freezing level: 788.20 mb = 2044.50 m = 6707.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 790.81 mb = 2015.18 m = 6611.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.48 % Est. max temperature: 15.82 C = 60.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.86 mb = 827.72 m = 2715.57 ft T: 8.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.45 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1538.85 m = 5048.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.47 C = 59.85 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 28.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11863.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.91 mb = 1251.67 m = 4106.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.9 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 301.9 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: -22.0 tot: 66.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 80.21 m/s