MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.02,-83.99 Latitude: 41.02 Longitude: -83.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 981 230 19.1 17.8 92 1.3 18.2 202 10 293.8 296.2 292.1 331.4 13.16 2 950 509 18.0 17.1 94 1.0 17.4 214 26 295.5 297.8 292.4 332.8 12.98 3 900 970 15.7 12.8 83 3.0 13.8 223 30 297.7 299.6 291.1 327.8 10.35 4 850 1454 13.3 8.3 71 5.1 10.3 230 30 300.1 301.6 290.0 324.0 8.09 5 800 1961 9.4 6.4 81 3.0 7.7 238 32 301.2 302.6 289.9 323.6 7.56 6 750 2494 5.6 4.4 92 1.2 4.9 237 34 302.7 304.0 289.9 323.7 7.02 7 700 3056 2.9 0.6 85 2.3 1.7 232 38 305.7 306.8 289.7 323.1 5.70 8 650 3653 0.4 -5.4 65 5.7 -2.3 237 37 309.4 310.1 289.3 321.7 3.94 9 600 4291 -3.2 -12.3 50 9.0 -6.7 252 34 312.4 312.8 288.9 320.4 2.48 10 550 4973 -7.9 -12.5 69 4.6 -9.6 249 36 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.4 2.66 11 500 5709 -12.1 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.5 231 40 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.5 2.80 12 450 6506 -17.2 -18.3 91 1.1 -17.5 227 44 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.4 2.02 13 400 7379 -23.2 -25.9 78 2.7 -23.8 226 46 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.16 14 350 8341 -30.8 -33.8 75 3.0 -31.2 226 55 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.63 15 300 9413 -40.1 -43.4 71 3.3 -40.4 232 62 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 16 250 10626 -51.3 -54.4 69 3.1 -51.4 239 69 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.09 17 200 12044 -56.5 -69.9 17 13.4 -56.6 259 69 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13869 -58.9 -82.3 3 23.4 -59.2 248 53 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16378 -63.9 -87.4 3 23.5 -64.1 250 36 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.24 m Freezing level: 644.95 mb = 3717.65 m = 12196.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.43 mb = 3308.05 m = 10853.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.67 mb = 394.49 m = 1294.26 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1307.73 m = 4290.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 221.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.36 mb = 929.05 m = 3048.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.36 mb = 1864.10 m = 6115.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.36 mb = 8555.40 m = 28068.54 ft B at Equ Level: 221.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.36 mb = 11753.28 m = 38560.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 33.98 m/s