MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F046.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F046.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: 46 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.98,-87.90 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 997 116 20.5 19.8 96 0.6 20.1 252 8 293.9 296.5 293.3 336.0 14.77 2 950 537 18.6 17.1 91 1.5 17.6 235 24 296.1 298.4 292.7 333.6 13.04 3 900 1000 15.7 11.9 78 3.8 13.3 245 28 297.7 299.5 290.6 326.1 9.77 4 850 1483 12.7 7.8 72 4.8 9.8 252 29 299.4 300.8 289.5 322.5 7.86 5 800 1990 9.2 5.4 77 3.8 7.1 254 28 300.9 302.2 289.3 321.9 7.05 6 750 2521 4.9 3.4 90 1.5 4.1 251 29 301.9 303.1 289.2 321.4 6.51 7 700 3081 1.4 1.3 99 0.1 1.3 243 33 304.0 305.2 289.4 322.2 6.01 8 650 3677 -0.7 -0.8 99 0.1 -0.7 237 37 308.2 309.3 290.4 325.4 5.57 9 600 4314 -3.7 -3.8 99 0.1 -3.7 235 41 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.1 4.83 10 550 4997 -7.3 -7.7 98 0.3 -7.5 235 44 315.4 316.1 291.1 327.9 3.91 11 500 5734 -11.6 -12.3 95 0.7 -11.9 236 47 318.9 319.4 291.3 328.7 2.98 12 450 6533 -16.5 -17.8 90 1.3 -16.9 237 51 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.6 2.10 13 400 7408 -22.5 -24.3 85 1.8 -22.9 238 55 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.4 1.34 14 350 8373 -30.0 -32.5 79 2.5 -30.4 238 59 328.3 328.5 292.0 330.9 0.71 15 300 9450 -38.8 -41.4 76 2.6 -39.0 232 59 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.34 16 250 10671 -49.9 -52.4 75 2.5 -50.0 238 68 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 17 200 12093 -56.8 -68.5 22 11.7 -57.0 253 88 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 18 150 13925 -57.7 -83.1 3 25.4 -57.9 252 58 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16412 -66.1 -87.4 4 21.3 -66.2 256 42 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.51 m Freezing level: 665.90 mb = 3487.34 m = 11441.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.83 mb = 3459.18 m = 11348.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.34 mb = 194.83 m = 639.18 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1018.22 m = 3340.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.42 C = 75.95 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.65 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 32.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 429.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.49 mb = 797.94 m = 2617.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.49 mb = 1418.76 m = 4654.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.49 mb = 9300.87 m = 30514.30 ft B at Equ Level: 428.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.49 mb = 12538.13 m = 41135.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 10.51 Bulk Shear: 40.85 m/s