MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.07,-87.8 Latitude: 39.07 Longitude: -87.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 989 161 22.7 19.3 81 3.4 20.4 213 11 296.8 299.4 293.9 338.3 14.38 2 950 509 20.9 16.0 74 4.9 17.6 216 23 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.6 12.12 3 900 975 18.7 10.9 60 7.8 13.8 223 29 300.8 302.5 291.0 327.7 9.12 4 850 1463 15.4 7.3 58 8.1 10.6 232 34 302.3 303.7 290.2 324.8 7.55 5 800 1974 11.5 4.6 62 6.9 7.6 239 39 303.4 304.7 289.8 323.5 6.66 6 750 2510 7.2 2.7 73 4.5 4.8 242 43 304.4 305.6 289.8 323.3 6.23 7 700 3073 3.0 -0.7 76 3.7 1.1 244 44 305.8 306.8 289.3 321.7 5.19 8 650 3669 -0.9 -6.1 68 5.2 -3.2 257 40 308.0 308.7 288.6 319.6 3.74 9 600 4304 -5.0 -8.6 76 3.6 -6.5 260 43 310.4 311.0 289.0 321.0 3.34 10 550 4983 -8.6 -10.7 85 2.1 -9.4 248 45 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.8 3.08 11 500 5717 -12.5 -14.3 87 1.8 -13.1 241 49 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.2 2.54 12 450 6514 -17.3 -19.5 82 2.3 -17.9 242 54 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.7 1.81 13 400 7386 -23.5 -26.1 79 2.6 -24.1 239 57 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.4 1.14 14 350 8346 -30.9 -33.8 76 2.8 -31.3 232 57 327.0 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.63 15 300 9418 -40.3 -43.2 73 2.9 -40.5 232 62 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.28 16 250 10631 -50.7 -52.8 79 2.0 -50.8 245 86 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 17 200 12062 -54.1 -71.2 11 17.1 -54.4 258 87 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13899 -58.1 -82.3 3 24.2 -58.3 251 64 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16396 -64.9 -87.3 3 22.4 -65.1 246 42 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.48 m Freezing level: 661.38 mb = 3533.61 m = 11593.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.93 mb = 3224.69 m = 10579.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.67 mb = 593.93 m = 1948.58 ft T: 20.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.04 mb = 1817.12 m = 5961.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 632.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.40 mb = 1319.79 m = 4329.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.40 mb = 2297.71 m = 7538.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.40 mb = 10908.93 m = 35790.03 ft B at Equ Level: 617.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.40 mb = 12756.22 m = 41850.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 7.88 Bulk Shear: 80.32 m/s