MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.05,-87.48 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -87.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 995 128 21.0 19.9 94 1.1 20.3 196 7 294.5 297.2 293.6 337.1 14.87 2 950 533 19.9 16.6 81 3.4 17.7 219 21 297.4 299.7 292.7 333.9 12.59 3 900 998 17.6 11.3 66 6.4 13.7 224 23 299.7 301.4 290.9 327.2 9.36 4 850 1484 14.6 8.0 64 6.6 10.6 230 29 301.4 302.9 290.2 324.9 7.92 5 800 1994 10.8 5.2 68 5.6 7.6 239 34 302.7 304.0 289.8 323.5 6.95 6 750 2528 6.6 3.0 78 3.6 4.6 250 36 303.7 304.9 289.6 322.8 6.33 7 700 3090 1.8 1.2 96 0.6 1.5 255 36 304.5 305.6 289.5 322.5 5.96 8 650 3685 -1.0 -1.7 95 0.7 -1.3 253 37 307.8 308.8 289.9 323.9 5.20 9 600 4321 -4.2 -5.3 92 1.1 -4.7 252 39 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.8 4.29 10 550 5003 -7.7 -8.9 91 1.1 -8.2 250 43 314.9 315.6 290.7 326.4 3.56 11 500 5739 -11.7 -12.9 91 1.2 -12.1 247 47 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.2 2.85 12 450 6538 -16.3 -17.7 89 1.4 -16.7 243 52 322.8 323.2 291.7 329.9 2.11 13 400 7415 -22.1 -24.0 85 1.9 -22.6 241 56 326.2 326.5 292.0 331.0 1.37 14 350 8381 -29.8 -32.4 78 2.6 -30.2 239 60 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.72 15 300 9458 -39.0 -41.8 74 2.9 -39.2 238 59 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 16 250 10678 -49.9 -52.4 75 2.5 -50.0 242 65 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.12 17 200 12099 -57.1 -66.8 28 9.7 -57.2 255 92 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13931 -58.4 -82.8 3 24.4 -58.6 248 60 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16419 -66.2 -87.3 4 21.1 -66.3 254 42 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.42 m Freezing level: 667.95 mb = 3471.35 m = 11388.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.61 mb = 3398.47 m = 11149.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.14 mb = 262.52 m = 861.27 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.52 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.43 mb = 1539.38 m = 5050.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.43 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.43 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 447.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.75 mb = 1038.04 m = 3405.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.75 mb = 2090.05 m = 6857.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.75 mb = 10658.12 m = 34967.16 ft B at Equ Level: 445.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.75 mb = 12743.31 m = 41808.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 6.27 Bulk Shear: 71.36 m/s