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: 38.64,-87.45 Latitude: 38.64 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 70 SFC 992 143 22.6 20.2 86 2.4 20.9 194 11 296.5 299.2 294.4 340.2 15.16 2 950 515 21.0 17.7 82 3.3 18.8 210 28 298.5 300.9 293.8 337.9 13.55 3 900 982 19.3 10.9 58 8.5 14.0 226 30 301.4 303.1 291.3 328.4 9.11 4 850 1471 16.5 5.1 47 11.4 10.0 243 38 303.4 304.6 289.7 323.0 6.50 5 800 1984 12.3 3.2 54 9.1 7.3 247 42 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.5 6.02 6 750 2520 7.7 1.7 66 5.9 4.5 249 41 304.9 306.0 289.5 322.5 5.79 7 700 3084 3.0 -0.5 77 3.5 1.2 252 37 305.8 306.8 289.3 321.9 5.26 8 650 3680 -1.0 -3.2 85 2.2 -2.0 257 37 307.8 308.7 289.4 322.2 4.65 9 600 4315 -5.0 -6.7 87 1.8 -5.7 256 41 310.4 311.1 289.5 322.5 3.85 10 550 4994 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.3 249 43 313.5 314.2 290.0 324.0 3.25 11 500 5727 -12.7 -13.8 92 1.1 -13.1 243 47 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.2 2.64 12 450 6523 -17.3 -18.8 88 1.5 -17.7 240 50 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.92 13 400 7396 -23.4 -25.8 81 2.4 -23.9 238 52 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.7 1.17 14 350 8357 -30.9 -34.5 71 3.6 -31.4 239 55 327.1 327.3 291.5 329.3 0.59 15 300 9430 -40.0 -42.9 74 2.9 -40.2 240 65 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 16 250 10645 -50.5 -53.0 75 2.5 -50.6 243 76 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 17 200 12079 -52.8 -74.7 5 21.9 -53.1 262 88 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13914 -58.6 -82.4 3 23.8 -58.8 249 64 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 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: 5657.09 m Freezing level: 662.64 mb = 3529.33 m = 11579.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.51 mb = 3299.12 m = 10823.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.09 mb = 450.57 m = 1478.21 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.43 mb = 1780.88 m = 5842.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 30.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.71 mb = 1187.22 m = 3895.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.71 mb = 2261.31 m = 7418.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.71 mb = 11077.92 m = 36344.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1066.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.71 mb = 13356.21 m = 43819.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 280.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 12.48 Bulk Shear: 86.59 m/s