MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170000F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170000F000.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: RUC analysis for 0000Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 40.87,-87.69 Latitude: 40.87 Longitude: -87.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 995 196 16.6 7.1 53 9.6 11.3 96 5 290.2 291.4 284.7 308.4 6.35 2 950 590 16.6 4.9 46 11.7 10.2 119 12 294.1 295.1 285.5 310.7 5.71 3 900 1046 12.9 4.3 56 8.6 8.3 143 11 294.8 295.8 285.9 311.6 5.77 4 850 1527 13.4 5.3 58 8.1 8.8 96 3 300.2 301.4 288.6 319.7 6.58 5 800 2036 11.1 5.2 67 6.0 7.8 13 7 303.0 304.3 289.9 323.8 6.94 6 750 2573 9.4 3.5 66 5.9 6.1 329 12 306.8 308.0 290.8 326.7 6.55 7 700 3143 7.6 -3.6 45 11.2 2.1 335 12 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.1 4.18 8 650 3751 4.7 -10.0 33 14.7 -1.6 340 16 314.3 314.8 289.8 323.2 2.75 9 600 4398 0.6 -12.3 37 12.9 -4.6 339 18 316.8 317.3 290.3 325.0 2.48 10 550 5091 -4.2 -12.3 53 8.1 -7.4 329 20 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.1 2.71 11 500 5835 -9.4 -14.2 68 4.8 -11.2 325 24 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.1 2.55 12 450 6639 -14.8 -18.6 73 3.8 -16.0 318 30 324.7 325.0 292.1 331.4 1.96 13 400 7521 -20.4 -27.0 56 6.6 -21.9 304 31 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.3 1.05 14 350 8495 -27.2 -37.4 37 10.3 -28.7 303 35 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.44 15 300 9585 -36.0 -45.4 37 9.4 -36.8 295 45 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.22 16 250 10823 -45.6 -52.9 44 7.3 -45.9 289 39 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.11 17 200 12284 -53.4 -66.0 20 12.7 -53.7 281 65 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14086 -64.2 -79.9 10 15.8 -64.3 285 62 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16495 -73.0 -86.4 11 13.4 -73.1 298 33 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.07 m Freezing level: 593.72 mb = 4485.16 m = 14714.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.95 mb = 3478.61 m = 11412.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.80 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.65 mb = 1412.86 m = 4635.31 ft T: 13.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 3.51 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.80 mb = 4739.51 m = 15549.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.32 C = 111.78 F Cap Strength: 12.42 C Lifted Index: 12.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.48 C Showalter Index: 7.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 14.73 C K Index: 16.88 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11593.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.89 mb = 1953.97 m = 6410.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.3 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 9.3 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -15.0 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 62.59 m/s