MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191500F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 11Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 46.50,-97.21 Latitude: 46.50 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -45 SFC 958 317 8.5 -0.9 51 9.5 4.2 157 11 285.1 285.8 279.4 295.7 3.72 2 950 392 8.4 -0.7 52 9.2 4.2 157 18 285.7 286.4 279.8 296.6 3.81 3 900 838 8.4 -2.4 46 10.8 3.5 189 32 290.2 290.8 281.5 300.5 3.55 4 850 1310 7.9 -0.8 54 8.7 3.8 219 29 294.5 295.2 284.2 307.0 4.25 5 800 1809 7.8 -2.5 48 10.3 2.9 183 16 299.4 300.2 285.8 311.4 3.97 6 750 2340 6.6 -5.4 42 12.0 1.1 177 19 303.7 304.4 286.8 314.2 3.41 7 700 2902 2.2 -5.2 58 7.3 -1.2 198 29 304.9 305.6 287.5 316.4 3.72 8 650 3495 -2.8 -5.3 83 2.5 -3.9 210 39 305.8 306.6 288.1 318.0 3.96 9 600 4124 -7.1 -7.4 98 0.3 -7.2 222 47 307.9 308.6 288.5 319.4 3.66 10 550 4797 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.1 -11.9 227 51 310.4 310.9 288.3 318.8 2.63 11 500 5521 -16.2 -20.4 70 4.1 -17.4 232 54 313.2 313.5 288.2 318.3 1.51 12 450 6306 -21.8 -25.1 75 3.3 -22.5 229 53 315.8 316.0 288.6 319.6 1.11 13 400 7160 -28.6 -30.9 81 2.3 -29.0 223 51 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.3 0.73 14 350 8100 -36.5 -38.8 80 2.2 -36.8 226 59 319.5 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.38 15 300 9150 -43.8 -55.3 27 11.5 -44.3 223 70 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.9 0.07 16 250 10353 -51.1 -63.9 20 12.8 -51.4 235 74 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.03 17 200 11789 -53.7 -74.0 7 20.3 -54.0 242 88 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13641 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 243 64 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16210 -59.5 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.8 242 38 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.29 m Freezing level: 678.08 mb = 3162.17 m = 10374.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.21 mb = 2614.27 m = 8576.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.37 % Est. max temperature: 21.82 C = 71.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.99 mb = 1516.04 m = 4973.81 ft T: 7.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 600.29 mb = 4120.37 m = 13518.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Cap Strength: 12.19 C Lifted Index: 12.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.41 C Showalter Index: 8.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.48 C K Index: 16.06 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13995.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.97 mb = 2028.48 m = 6655.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 11.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.4 neg: -77.8 tot: 310.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 83.56 m/s