MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191800F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510191800F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 51.12,-114.02 Latitude: 51.12 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 465 2 900 911 SFC 879 1103 4.6 -5.6 48 10.2 0.4 286 7 288.2 288.7 279.8 296.5 2.86 4 850 1379 4.5 -5.8 47 10.3 0.3 306 18 290.9 291.4 281.1 299.5 2.92 5 800 1868 0.5 -8.3 52 8.8 -2.9 321 22 291.7 292.1 281.0 299.3 2.55 6 750 2381 -4.1 -9.8 65 5.7 -6.1 329 22 292.1 292.5 281.0 299.3 2.42 7 700 2920 -9.1 -11.2 84 2.1 -9.8 328 20 292.4 292.8 281.0 299.4 2.31 8 650 3488 -14.1 -14.9 94 0.8 -14.3 324 20 293.0 293.3 280.7 298.6 1.85 9 600 4090 -18.7 -21.4 79 2.7 -19.3 315 21 294.5 294.7 280.5 298.1 1.15 10 550 4733 -22.9 -29.1 57 6.2 -23.9 305 29 296.9 297.0 280.8 298.9 0.62 11 500 5424 -27.8 -36.0 46 8.1 -28.7 298 37 299.1 299.2 281.4 300.3 0.35 12 450 6171 -33.7 -40.2 52 6.5 -34.3 288 42 300.9 300.9 282.1 301.8 0.26 13 400 6984 -40.6 -45.1 62 4.5 -40.9 282 45 302.2 302.2 282.5 302.8 0.17 14 350 7879 -46.9 -53.1 49 6.2 -47.1 287 38 305.5 305.5 283.7 305.8 0.08 15 300 8894 -48.5 -66.7 10 18.2 -48.9 287 28 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.0 0.02 16 250 10095 -47.4 -73.9 3 26.5 -47.9 296 28 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.6 0.01 17 200 11570 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.1 297 32 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 18 150 13467 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 273 20 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.01 19 100 16129 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.3 264 23 430.3 430.3 308.9 430.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5370.31 m Freezing level: 794.66 mb = 1923.03 m = 6309.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 845.91 mb = 1417.55 m = 4650.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.04 % Est. max temperature: 8.51 C = 47.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.12 mb = 2369.40 m = 7773.54 ft T: -4.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.20 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.32 mb = 2927.51 m = 9604.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.70 C = 47.66 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 24.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.90 mb = 2755.54 m = 9040.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.90 mb = 3724.07 m = 12217.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.90 mb = 3966.62 m = 13013.68 ft B at Equ Level: 12.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 549.90 mb = 4734.28 m = 15532.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.9 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 332.9 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 23.28 m/s