MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.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: 34 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.05,-85.71 Latitude: 41.05 Longitude: -85.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 976 260 27.0 13.4 43 13.5 18.1 213 16 302.2 304.1 292.2 331.8 9.96 2 950 492 23.9 12.8 50 11.1 16.7 215 23 301.4 303.2 291.8 330.3 9.79 3 900 961 19.2 11.8 62 7.4 14.6 214 25 301.3 303.1 291.7 330.1 9.73 4 850 1449 14.8 10.4 75 4.4 12.1 216 27 301.7 303.4 291.6 329.5 9.38 5 800 1958 10.6 9.0 89 1.7 9.6 226 31 302.5 304.2 291.5 329.3 9.02 6 750 2494 7.4 6.6 95 0.8 6.9 236 37 304.6 306.1 291.5 329.2 8.18 7 700 3059 3.3 2.5 94 0.9 2.8 241 40 306.2 307.4 290.6 326.1 6.54 8 650 3657 0.9 -8.2 51 9.1 -3.0 243 39 310.0 310.6 288.8 320.1 3.18 9 600 4295 -3.7 -11.8 53 8.2 -6.8 244 41 311.9 312.4 288.8 320.2 2.57 10 550 4977 -7.6 -21.5 32 13.9 -11.7 242 45 315.0 315.3 288.5 319.2 1.24 11 500 5711 -12.6 -23.7 39 11.1 -15.5 239 48 317.7 317.9 289.2 321.6 1.13 12 450 6506 -18.0 -33.5 24 15.6 -20.8 239 48 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.5 0.50 13 400 7375 -23.9 -38.2 25 14.3 -26.0 241 48 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.35 14 350 8335 -30.9 -37.3 53 6.4 -31.7 237 55 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.7 0.44 15 300 9408 -39.5 -47.7 42 8.1 -40.1 238 66 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 16 250 10626 -49.8 -53.7 63 3.9 -50.0 248 80 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 17 200 12056 -56.7 -66.9 27 10.2 -56.8 252 71 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 13875 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 242 63 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16380 -64.9 -87.3 3 22.4 -65.0 252 42 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.41 m Freezing level: 639.95 mb = 3785.32 m = 12418.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.59 mb = 3345.42 m = 10975.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.35 mb = 1954.54 m = 6412.46 ft T: 10.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 11.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2082.77 m = 6833.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 37.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.10 mb = 1904.74 m = 6249.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.10 mb = 2602.75 m = 8539.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.10 mb = 8742.38 m = 28682.01 ft B at Equ Level: 228.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.10 mb = 11740.06 m = 38516.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 164.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.96 Bulk Shear: 46.28 m/s