MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F044.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F044.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: 44 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.82,-86.77 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -86.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 985 205 21.0 19.1 89 1.9 19.7 193 7 295.5 298.0 293.4 336.5 14.28 2 950 517 20.3 18.1 87 2.3 18.8 210 27 297.8 300.3 293.9 338.0 13.86 3 900 984 18.8 12.1 65 6.7 14.6 224 34 300.9 302.7 291.7 330.1 9.92 4 850 1472 15.6 7.0 56 8.6 10.6 241 36 302.5 303.9 290.2 324.7 7.41 5 800 1983 11.8 3.6 57 8.2 7.3 250 40 303.7 304.9 289.5 322.5 6.22 6 750 2519 7.2 2.1 70 5.1 4.5 250 39 304.4 305.5 289.5 322.5 5.96 7 700 3082 2.8 -0.6 78 3.5 1.1 250 33 305.6 306.6 289.2 321.6 5.22 8 650 3678 -0.7 -3.9 78 3.3 -2.2 255 33 308.2 309.0 289.3 321.9 4.40 9 600 4314 -4.3 -7.5 78 3.3 -5.7 253 37 311.2 311.8 289.6 322.6 3.62 10 550 4995 -8.1 -10.3 84 2.2 -9.0 245 43 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.7 3.17 11 500 5730 -12.3 -14.0 87 1.8 -12.9 243 48 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.6 2.58 12 450 6527 -17.2 -19.0 86 1.8 -17.7 240 49 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.89 13 400 7400 -23.3 -25.5 82 2.3 -23.8 237 52 324.7 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.20 14 350 8362 -30.8 -33.5 77 2.7 -31.2 241 57 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.65 15 300 9435 -40.0 -43.1 73 3.0 -40.3 244 66 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.28 16 250 10650 -50.6 -53.3 73 2.7 -50.7 240 79 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.11 17 200 12079 -53.7 -73.2 7 19.5 -54.0 262 89 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13911 -58.6 -82.3 3 23.7 -58.8 246 62 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16404 -65.5 -87.2 3 21.6 -65.7 249 41 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.70 m Freezing level: 659.41 mb = 3565.92 m = 11699.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.63 mb = 3272.31 m = 10735.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.83 mb = 446.62 m = 1465.26 ft T: 20.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1683.96 m = 5524.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 31.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.06 mb = 1155.94 m = 3792.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.06 mb = 2224.53 m = 7298.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.06 mb = 10989.95 m = 36055.83 ft B at Equ Level: 914.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.06 mb = 13224.83 m = 43388.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.6 neg: -21.6 tot: 293.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.81 Bulk Rich Number: 13.10 Bulk Shear: 70.37 m/s