MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510192100F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510192100F021.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 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 53.6,-110.29 Latitude: 53.60 Longitude: -110.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 552 SFC 945 597 2.4 0.9 90 1.4 1.7 330 11 280.0 280.8 277.6 292.0 4.33 3 900 986 -1.2 -1.3 100 0.1 -1.3 335 20 280.2 280.9 277.2 291.0 3.86 4 850 1440 -3.9 -4.1 98 0.2 -3.9 339 22 282.1 282.7 277.4 291.5 3.33 5 800 1916 -6.1 -6.4 98 0.2 -6.2 345 21 284.6 285.1 278.2 293.1 2.97 6 750 2419 -8.7 -9.4 95 0.7 -8.9 342 20 287.1 287.6 278.8 294.4 2.50 7 700 2950 -12.0 -13.3 90 1.3 -12.4 336 20 289.2 289.5 279.1 295.0 1.95 8 650 3513 -15.7 -17.7 85 2.0 -16.2 331 21 291.2 291.4 279.4 295.6 1.46 9 600 4112 -19.7 -23.2 74 3.5 -20.4 329 24 293.3 293.5 279.7 296.4 0.98 10 550 4753 -22.7 -29.1 56 6.4 -23.7 331 28 297.1 297.2 281.0 299.2 0.63 11 500 5447 -26.5 -33.5 52 7.0 -27.4 333 31 300.7 300.8 282.3 302.3 0.45 12 450 6200 -31.4 -40.0 42 8.6 -32.2 339 32 303.8 303.8 283.2 304.7 0.26 13 400 7024 -36.3 -52.3 18 16.0 -37.1 334 36 307.8 307.9 284.6 308.1 0.08 14 350 7938 -42.5 -55.4 23 12.9 -43.0 333 43 311.4 311.4 285.9 311.7 0.06 15 300 8965 -47.6 -63.3 15 15.7 -48.0 337 61 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.4 0.03 16 250 10157 -51.2 -67.7 12 16.5 -51.5 333 62 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.02 17 200 11613 -49.5 -78.8 2 29.3 -50.0 320 49 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.00 18 150 13487 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 315 32 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16112 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.6 288 18 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5313.09 m Freezing level: 915.46 mb = 851.67 m = 2794.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 919.02 mb = 818.41 m = 2685.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.37 % Est. max temperature: 7.13 C = 44.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.07 mb = 774.44 m = 2540.79 ft T: 0.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 1.02 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.60 mb = 1060.54 m = 3479.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.86 C = 37.16 F Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lifted Index: 8.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 8.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 17.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.28 mb = 1090.18 m = 3576.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.28 mb = 1134.95 m = 3723.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.28 mb = 1316.62 m = 4319.56 ft B at Equ Level: 10.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 803.28 mb = 1884.03 m = 6181.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.3 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 5.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 26.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 8.17 m/s