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: 38.61,-87.55 Latitude: 38.61 Longitude: -87.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21.0 197 11 296.5 299.3 294.4 340.4 15.22 2 950 515 21.1 17.7 81 3.4 18.8 210 28 298.6 301.0 293.8 337.9 13.51 3 900 982 19.4 10.5 56 8.9 13.8 229 31 301.5 303.1 291.1 327.8 8.88 4 850 1472 16.5 5.2 47 11.3 10.0 244 38 303.4 304.6 289.7 323.1 6.53 5 800 1984 12.3 3.3 54 9.0 7.3 248 42 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.6 6.05 6 750 2520 7.6 1.8 67 5.8 4.5 250 41 304.9 305.9 289.5 322.5 5.82 7 700 3084 3.0 -0.5 78 3.5 1.2 252 36 305.8 306.8 289.3 321.9 5.27 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 4314 -5.0 -6.8 87 1.8 -5.8 257 40 310.4 311.1 289.5 322.4 3.82 10 550 4993 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.4 249 43 313.5 314.1 290.0 324.0 3.26 11 500 5727 -12.7 -13.8 92 1.0 -13.1 244 47 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.2 2.64 12 450 6523 -17.3 -18.9 87 1.6 -17.8 240 50 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.91 13 400 7396 -23.3 -25.8 80 2.5 -23.9 237 52 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.16 14 350 8357 -30.8 -34.1 73 3.3 -31.3 240 56 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.4 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 10645 -50.5 -53.1 73 2.7 -50.6 242 77 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 17 200 12079 -52.8 -74.4 6 21.6 -53.2 261 88 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13914 -58.7 -82.3 3 23.7 -58.9 249 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16402 -66.1 -87.2 4 21.1 -66.2 246 41 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.72 m Freezing level: 663.29 mb = 3521.38 m = 11552.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.16 mb = 3291.31 m = 10798.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.93 mb = 452.12 m = 1483.30 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 18.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1788.02 m = 5866.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: 2.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 30.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1062.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.39 mb = 1200.16 m = 3937.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.39 mb = 2275.48 m = 7465.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.39 mb = 11114.32 m = 36463.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1043.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.39 mb = 13407.78 m = 43988.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 276.4 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): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.4 neg: -9.4 tot: 273.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.3 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: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 12.49 Bulk Shear: 85.03 m/s