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: 38.59,-87.56 Latitude: 38.59 Longitude: -87.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 992 137 22.7 20.2 86 2.5 21.0 196 11 296.5 299.3 294.4 340.4 15.19 2 950 515 21.1 17.6 80 3.5 18.7 210 28 298.6 301.1 293.7 337.7 13.44 3 900 983 19.4 10.3 55 9.2 13.7 229 31 301.5 303.1 291.0 327.4 8.74 4 850 1472 16.5 5.2 47 11.4 10.0 244 38 303.5 304.7 289.7 323.1 6.52 5 800 1984 12.3 3.3 54 9.0 7.3 248 42 304.3 305.4 289.6 322.6 6.06 6 750 2520 7.6 1.8 66 5.8 4.5 250 41 304.9 306.0 289.5 322.5 5.82 7 700 3084 3.0 -0.5 78 3.5 1.3 253 36 305.8 306.8 289.3 321.9 5.28 8 650 3680 -1.1 -3.3 85 2.3 -2.1 257 37 307.7 308.6 289.3 322.0 4.60 9 600 4315 -5.0 -6.8 87 1.8 -5.8 257 40 310.4 311.1 289.5 322.4 3.83 10 550 4994 -8.9 -9.9 92 1.0 -9.3 249 43 313.5 314.2 290.0 324.0 3.27 11 500 5727 -12.7 -13.7 92 1.0 -13.1 244 47 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.3 2.65 12 450 6524 -17.3 -18.9 87 1.6 -17.8 240 49 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.91 13 400 7396 -23.3 -25.8 80 2.6 -23.9 237 52 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.16 14 350 8358 -30.8 -34.1 73 3.3 -31.3 240 56 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.61 15 300 9430 -40.0 -42.9 73 3.0 -40.2 241 65 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 16 250 10646 -50.5 -53.2 73 2.7 -50.6 243 77 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 17 200 12079 -52.8 -74.3 6 21.5 -53.2 261 89 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13915 -58.7 -82.3 3 23.7 -58.9 249 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16403 -66.1 -87.2 4 21.1 -66.2 246 41 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.92 m Freezing level: 663.23 mb = 3522.37 m = 11556.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.61 mb = 3298.17 m = 10820.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.52 mb = 456.01 m = 1496.07 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1804.46 m = 5920.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 30.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1027.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.61 mb = 1217.85 m = 3995.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.61 mb = 2295.02 m = 7529.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.61 mb = 11164.47 m = 36628.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1002.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.61 mb = 13478.98 m = 44221.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.5 neg: -9.0 tot: 274.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.81 Bulk Rich Number: 12.04 Bulk Shear: 85.34 m/s