MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.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: 43 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.57,-87.45 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -87.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 144 22.6 20.0 85 2.6 20.8 192 12 296.5 299.2 294.3 339.9 15.05 2 950 516 21.2 17.5 80 3.6 18.7 210 28 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.6 13.37 3 900 983 19.5 10.3 55 9.2 13.8 228 30 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.5 8.77 4 850 1473 16.6 5.2 47 11.4 10.0 244 38 303.5 304.7 289.7 323.1 6.53 5 800 1985 12.4 3.4 54 9.0 7.4 248 42 304.3 305.5 289.6 322.8 6.09 6 750 2521 7.7 1.8 66 5.9 4.5 250 41 304.9 306.0 289.6 322.6 5.82 7 700 3085 3.0 -0.3 79 3.3 1.3 253 37 305.8 306.8 289.4 322.2 5.34 8 650 3681 -1.0 -3.1 86 2.1 -2.0 256 38 307.9 308.7 289.5 322.4 4.70 9 600 4316 -4.9 -6.5 88 1.7 -5.6 255 41 310.5 311.2 289.6 322.8 3.91 10 550 4996 -8.8 -9.8 92 1.0 -9.2 248 44 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.2 3.29 11 500 5729 -12.7 -13.8 92 1.0 -13.1 243 47 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.2 2.64 12 450 6525 -17.2 -18.8 88 1.5 -17.7 240 49 321.6 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.93 13 400 7398 -23.3 -25.7 80 2.4 -23.8 238 52 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.18 14 350 8359 -30.8 -34.3 72 3.4 -31.3 240 55 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.4 0.60 15 300 9432 -40.0 -42.9 74 2.9 -40.2 241 64 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 16 250 10647 -50.5 -53.1 74 2.6 -50.6 244 76 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 17 200 12081 -52.7 -74.4 6 21.6 -53.1 262 88 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13917 -58.7 -82.4 3 23.7 -58.9 249 65 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16404 -66.3 -87.2 4 21.0 -66.4 246 41 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.97 m Freezing level: 662.23 mb = 3535.52 m = 11599.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.06 mb = 3317.68 m = 10884.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.49 mb = 466.05 m = 1529.01 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 17.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1831.59 m = 6009.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.92 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 988.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.51 mb = 1239.12 m = 4065.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.51 mb = 2318.56 m = 7606.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.51 mb = 10949.56 m = 35923.30 ft B at Equ Level: 982.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.51 mb = 13174.24 m = 43222.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.2 neg: -6.8 tot: 278.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 11.48 Bulk Shear: 86.05 m/s