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: 41.57,-85.88 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -85.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 976 255 21.8 17.0 74 4.8 18.6 250 7 297.0 299.3 292.6 333.4 12.58 2 950 488 20.1 15.0 72 5.2 16.7 231 18 297.6 299.7 291.9 330.5 11.33 3 900 953 16.9 12.9 77 4.0 14.3 215 23 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.4 10.44 4 850 1438 13.8 11.3 85 2.5 12.2 210 29 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.8 9.93 5 800 1947 10.9 9.7 92 1.2 10.2 224 37 302.8 304.5 292.0 331.0 9.48 6 750 2483 7.3 6.8 97 0.5 7.1 237 40 304.5 306.1 291.6 329.5 8.31 7 700 3047 3.0 2.0 93 1.0 2.5 243 43 305.8 307.0 290.3 325.1 6.34 8 650 3645 0.4 -5.7 64 6.1 -2.4 242 43 309.4 310.1 289.2 321.5 3.85 9 600 4281 -4.3 -6.1 88 1.7 -5.1 240 45 311.1 311.9 289.9 323.9 4.05 10 550 4962 -8.2 -10.5 83 2.3 -9.1 238 46 314.4 315.0 290.1 324.5 3.13 11 500 5696 -12.9 -15.4 81 2.5 -13.7 237 47 317.4 317.8 290.3 325.0 2.31 12 450 6491 -18.1 -26.1 49 8.0 -20.0 239 50 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.9 1.01 13 400 7359 -24.5 -31.7 51 7.3 -25.8 245 56 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.67 14 350 8317 -31.3 -35.2 68 3.9 -31.9 237 62 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.54 15 300 9389 -40.4 -46.2 54 5.7 -40.8 239 73 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.20 16 250 10602 -50.2 -53.2 71 3.0 -50.4 248 87 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 17 200 12034 -55.7 -70.4 14 14.7 -55.9 250 69 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 18 150 13858 -58.3 -82.3 3 24.0 -58.5 243 64 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16368 -64.6 -87.3 3 22.7 -64.8 250 44 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.86 m Freezing level: 645.75 mb = 3698.83 m = 12135.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.50 mb = 3346.49 m = 10979.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.50 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.51 mb = 862.25 m = 2828.86 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 9.44 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1680.50 m = 5513.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 347.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.47 mb = 1274.87 m = 4182.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.47 mb = 2576.87 m = 8454.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.47 mb = 9813.06 m = 32194.68 ft B at Equ Level: 346.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.47 mb = 11986.93 m = 39326.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 4.96 Bulk Shear: 70.10 m/s