MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.32,-87.61 Latitude: 38.32 Longitude: -87.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 993 137 28.2 17.6 52 10.7 20.9 222 17 302.0 304.4 294.3 339.9 12.83 2 950 524 23.3 15.8 63 7.5 18.3 226 23 300.9 303.1 293.3 336.1 11.99 3 900 993 19.0 14.3 74 4.7 15.9 232 25 301.1 303.2 293.0 334.9 11.48 4 850 1481 15.1 11.2 78 3.8 12.7 234 26 301.9 303.8 292.0 331.2 9.90 5 800 1992 11.3 7.1 75 4.2 8.9 235 26 303.2 304.7 290.9 327.0 7.93 6 750 2528 8.3 2.9 69 5.4 5.4 238 29 305.6 306.8 290.2 324.7 6.29 7 700 3095 5.1 0.3 71 4.8 2.5 243 33 308.1 309.1 290.3 325.3 5.58 8 650 3695 0.7 -7.8 53 8.6 -3.0 244 34 309.8 310.4 288.8 320.1 3.26 9 600 4333 -3.9 -9.9 63 6.0 -6.4 242 41 311.6 312.1 289.1 321.2 3.00 10 550 5013 -8.5 -13.7 66 5.3 -10.4 241 47 314.1 314.5 289.3 321.9 2.40 11 500 5747 -12.6 -23.4 40 10.7 -15.5 239 50 317.6 317.9 289.2 321.6 1.16 12 450 6542 -17.4 -38.0 15 20.6 -20.8 239 49 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.6 0.32 13 400 7414 -23.5 -36.1 30 12.6 -25.5 243 52 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.44 14 350 8375 -30.7 -37.1 53 6.5 -31.5 245 61 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.45 15 300 9449 -39.3 -42.9 69 3.5 -39.6 246 71 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.29 16 250 10670 -49.2 -52.6 67 3.4 -49.3 255 91 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12107 -54.3 -71.3 11 17.1 -54.5 257 90 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 13934 -59.3 -82.8 3 23.5 -59.5 251 67 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16417 -67.1 -87.2 4 20.1 -67.2 243 36 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.57 m Freezing level: 642.21 mb = 3794.68 m = 12449.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.95 mb = 3366.47 m = 11044.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.12 mb = 1480.29 m = 4856.53 ft T: 15.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 15.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1655.53 m = 5431.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.51 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1092.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.31 mb = 1508.11 m = 4947.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.31 mb = 1863.53 m = 6113.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.31 mb = 11142.37 m = 36555.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1080.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.31 mb = 13837.19 m = 45397.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 34.53 Bulk Shear: 31.64 m/s