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: 39.89,-86.54 Latitude: 39.89 Longitude: -86.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 973 291 22.0 17.7 77 4.3 19.1 190 11 297.4 299.8 293.2 335.6 13.19 2 950 499 20.5 15.6 73 4.9 17.3 206 19 298.0 300.2 292.4 332.4 11.83 3 900 966 19.2 11.0 59 8.2 14.0 217 30 301.3 302.9 291.3 328.4 9.19 4 850 1455 16.5 6.5 52 10.0 10.6 232 37 303.4 304.7 290.2 324.8 7.15 5 800 1967 12.6 3.1 52 9.5 7.3 240 42 304.5 305.6 289.6 322.6 5.97 6 750 2504 8.2 0.5 58 7.7 4.2 244 46 305.5 306.5 289.3 321.7 5.30 7 700 3069 3.6 -1.9 67 5.6 0.9 246 49 306.5 307.4 289.1 321.1 4.75 8 650 3666 -0.5 -5.4 70 4.9 -2.7 248 49 308.4 309.1 288.9 320.7 3.94 9 600 4301 -4.6 -8.7 73 4.1 -6.3 250 49 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.3 3.30 10 550 4981 -8.7 -12.4 75 3.7 -10.1 248 48 313.7 314.3 289.5 322.4 2.68 11 500 5714 -13.0 -14.9 86 1.9 -13.6 242 46 317.2 317.7 290.3 325.2 2.41 12 450 6509 -18.0 -19.4 89 1.4 -18.4 235 44 320.6 321.0 290.8 326.8 1.82 13 400 7378 -24.4 -26.2 85 1.8 -24.8 234 45 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.2 1.13 14 350 8336 -31.5 -34.2 77 2.7 -31.9 244 62 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.5 0.60 15 300 9406 -40.7 -44.0 70 3.3 -40.9 239 71 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.26 16 250 10617 -50.5 -53.8 68 3.3 -50.6 251 97 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 17 200 12051 -53.7 -71.4 10 17.7 -54.0 254 78 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13886 -58.2 -82.1 3 23.9 -58.5 245 64 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16392 -65.1 -87.4 3 22.3 -65.3 248 42 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.86 m Freezing level: 656.11 mb = 3593.01 m = 11787.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.63 mb = 3212.51 m = 10539.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.10 mb = 831.76 m = 2728.85 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 14.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2197.74 m = 7210.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.48 C K Index: 30.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 406.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.12 mb = 1583.76 m = 5196.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.12 mb = 2814.36 m = 9233.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.12 mb = 10054.05 m = 32985.32 ft B at Equ Level: 405.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.12 mb = 11983.57 m = 39315.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 112.02 m/s