MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510200300F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510200300F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 20Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.30,-100.31 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -100.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 534 SFC 913 865 14.4 -1.6 33 16.0 6.7 320 24 295.1 295.7 283.8 306.1 3.72 3 900 989 12.1 -2.6 36 14.6 5.3 320 32 294.0 294.6 283.1 304.4 3.51 4 850 1463 7.3 -3.5 46 10.8 2.5 319 35 293.8 294.4 283.0 304.1 3.48 5 800 1957 2.5 -4.9 58 7.4 -0.6 319 36 293.8 294.4 282.9 303.7 3.33 6 750 2474 -2.1 -7.8 65 5.7 -4.3 318 37 294.3 294.8 282.5 302.8 2.84 7 700 3018 -6.6 -11.9 66 5.3 -8.4 317 38 295.1 295.5 282.1 301.8 2.18 8 650 3591 -11.4 -16.7 65 5.3 -12.9 316 40 296.1 296.4 281.8 301.0 1.60 9 600 4200 -15.3 -24.2 47 8.9 -17.2 315 41 298.4 298.6 281.9 301.3 0.90 10 550 4851 -19.6 -36.4 21 16.8 -22.0 316 43 300.8 300.9 282.1 301.9 0.31 11 500 5549 -25.8 -45.2 14 19.4 -27.6 316 45 301.5 301.6 282.2 302.0 0.13 12 450 6303 -32.1 -51.8 12 19.7 -33.2 312 45 303.0 303.0 282.7 303.2 0.07 13 400 7122 -38.0 -52.6 20 14.6 -38.7 303 46 305.6 305.6 283.7 305.9 0.07 14 350 8032 -42.1 -57.5 17 15.4 -42.6 292 57 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.2 0.05 15 300 9076 -41.0 -71.1 2 30.1 -41.9 281 76 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.5 0.01 16 250 10311 -42.3 -73.9 2 31.6 -43.2 284 80 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.2 0.01 17 200 11804 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.8 281 74 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 18 150 13679 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 275 69 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16289 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 281 35 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5434.57 m Freezing level: 772.61 mb = 2240.62 m = 7351.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.06 mb = 1855.46 m = 6087.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.25 % Est. max temperature: 13.52 C = 56.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.05 mb = 2828.20 m = 9278.77 ft T: -5.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.11 mb = 2927.09 m = 9603.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.31 C = 57.75 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 24.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.92 mb = 2807.67 m = 9211.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.92 mb = 3311.48 m = 10864.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 603.92 mb = 4150.33 m = 13616.41 ft B at Equ Level: 7.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 553.92 mb = 4797.87 m = 15740.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.7 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 345.7 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 9.62 m/s