MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.71,-86.75 Latitude: 38.71 Longitude: -86.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 987 190 27.4 16.7 52 10.7 20.1 218 13 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.7 12.22 2 950 519 23.6 15.2 59 8.4 17.9 223 23 301.1 303.2 293.0 334.9 11.48 3 900 988 19.1 14.1 73 5.0 15.8 225 25 301.2 303.3 292.9 334.5 11.29 4 850 1477 15.1 11.0 77 4.1 12.6 229 27 302.0 303.8 292.0 330.9 9.78 5 800 1987 11.0 8.0 82 3.0 9.2 234 29 302.9 304.4 291.2 328.1 8.45 6 750 2523 8.0 3.6 74 4.4 5.6 241 31 305.3 306.5 290.3 325.3 6.62 7 700 3089 4.6 0.6 75 4.0 2.5 248 35 307.6 308.7 290.3 325.2 5.72 8 650 3688 0.5 -8.0 53 8.5 -3.1 246 36 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.7 3.22 9 600 4325 -4.0 -10.2 62 6.2 -6.5 242 41 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.9 2.93 10 550 5006 -8.4 -13.4 67 5.0 -10.2 240 47 314.2 314.6 289.4 322.2 2.47 11 500 5740 -12.5 -22.3 44 9.8 -15.2 239 49 317.8 318.1 289.4 322.2 1.28 12 450 6536 -17.4 -33.7 23 16.3 -20.5 240 48 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.49 13 400 7407 -23.8 -32.9 43 9.1 -25.4 242 49 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.60 14 350 8367 -30.9 -34.3 73 3.3 -31.4 243 56 327.0 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.60 15 300 9440 -39.6 -43.6 66 4.0 -39.9 245 67 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.27 16 250 10658 -49.4 -53.3 63 3.9 -49.6 257 92 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12095 -53.8 -72.3 9 18.5 -54.1 257 83 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13926 -58.9 -82.9 3 24.0 -59.1 249 66 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16412 -66.5 -87.2 4 20.7 -66.6 246 39 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.09 m Freezing level: 644.42 mb = 3759.47 m = 12334.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.66 mb = 3351.27 m = 10994.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.27 mb = 1533.61 m = 5031.46 ft T: 14.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1737.88 m = 5701.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 933.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.12 mb = 1595.15 m = 5233.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.12 mb = 1954.14 m = 6411.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.12 mb = 11108.56 m = 36444.97 ft B at Equ Level: 912.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.12 mb = 13392.15 m = 43936.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 128.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 22.67 Bulk Shear: 41.16 m/s