MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2511170900F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2511170900F021.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 6Z TUE 18 NOV 25 Station: 44.8,-93.1 Latitude: 44.80 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 984 259 1.2 0.2 93 1.0 0.7 123 8 275.6 276.2 274.7 286.3 3.93 2 950 550 0.4 -1.2 89 1.6 -0.3 125 20 277.6 278.2 275.5 287.7 3.68 3 900 983 0.1 -0.9 93 1.0 -0.3 139 22 281.6 282.3 278.0 292.8 3.98 4 850 1441 -0.1 -0.7 96 0.6 -0.4 127 17 286.0 286.8 280.5 298.1 4.26 5 800 1926 -1.0 -1.1 99 0.1 -1.1 117 14 290.1 290.8 282.5 302.8 4.41 6 750 2440 -1.9 -2.0 99 0.1 -1.9 115 12 294.5 295.3 284.4 307.5 4.42 7 700 2988 -3.1 -3.4 97 0.3 -3.2 119 11 299.1 299.9 285.9 311.8 4.24 8 650 3573 -5.0 -5.8 94 0.8 -5.4 129 7 303.3 304.0 287.1 315.0 3.81 9 600 4200 -8.0 -8.9 94 0.9 -8.4 240 4 306.8 307.5 287.8 317.0 3.26 10 550 4871 -11.9 -13.1 91 1.1 -12.3 238 9 309.9 310.4 288.1 318.1 2.54 11 500 5595 -16.4 -17.9 88 1.5 -16.9 226 15 313.0 313.4 288.5 319.1 1.87 12 450 6378 -21.7 -23.6 84 1.9 -22.2 219 22 315.9 316.2 288.8 320.2 1.26 13 400 7234 -28.3 -30.5 81 2.2 -28.7 215 26 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.8 0.75 14 350 8174 -36.6 -39.3 76 2.7 -36.8 214 26 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.7 0.36 15 300 9219 -46.3 -49.5 69 3.3 -46.4 223 23 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.7 0.14 16 250 10401 -55.4 -56.9 83 1.6 -55.4 229 27 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.07 17 200 11810 -57.7 -70.7 18 13.0 -57.9 254 30 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.01 18 150 13630 -56.9 -84.7 2 27.8 -57.2 276 26 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16176 -61.2 -88.0 2 26.8 -61.4 281 31 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5465.95 m Freezing level: 875.59 mb = 1206.61 m = 3958.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 959.39 mb = 468.91 m = 1538.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.24 % Est. max temperature: 12.81 C = 55.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.84 mb = 388.59 m = 1274.90 ft T: 0.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 631.84 mb = 3795.20 m = 12451.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 18.52 C Lifted Index: 19.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.73 C Showalter Index: 13.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.31 C Cross Totals Index: 15.68 C K Index: 15.21 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 49.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17242.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.69 mb = 853.15 m = 2799.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.8 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 187.8 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: -49.2 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.62 Bulk Shear: 9.98 m/s