MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.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: 37 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.86,-85.71 Latitude: 40.86 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 56 SFC 978 252 19.9 17.9 89 1.9 18.5 207 8 294.9 297.3 292.6 333.1 13.33 2 950 498 18.5 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 215 19 296.0 298.2 292.0 331.3 12.25 3 900 961 17.5 10.2 62 7.3 13.0 226 29 299.6 301.2 290.3 325.2 8.71 4 850 1448 14.5 6.8 60 7.7 10.0 231 34 301.3 302.6 289.7 323.0 7.31 5 800 1957 10.6 4.8 67 5.8 7.3 234 36 302.5 303.7 289.6 322.7 6.77 6 750 2491 6.5 2.5 75 4.0 4.4 237 35 303.7 304.8 289.4 322.1 6.12 7 700 3053 2.5 -0.6 80 3.1 0.9 243 33 305.2 306.2 289.1 321.2 5.23 8 650 3649 -0.5 -6.0 66 5.5 -3.0 248 35 308.4 309.1 288.8 320.1 3.75 9 600 4285 -3.6 -9.9 62 6.2 -6.2 249 41 311.9 312.5 289.2 321.5 3.00 10 550 4968 -7.5 -10.8 78 3.2 -8.8 244 46 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.0 3.06 11 500 5704 -12.0 -14.0 85 2.0 -12.7 237 51 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.0 2.59 12 450 6502 -17.1 -19.0 85 1.9 -17.7 234 53 321.8 322.1 291.2 328.2 1.89 13 400 7374 -23.2 -25.3 83 2.0 -23.7 229 53 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.1 1.23 14 350 8336 -30.7 -33.4 77 2.7 -31.1 221 53 327.3 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.65 15 300 9409 -40.3 -42.6 78 2.3 -40.5 221 51 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.30 16 250 10622 -51.0 -52.9 80 1.9 -51.1 236 61 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.11 17 200 12044 -56.5 -68.3 21 11.8 -56.7 253 72 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 13864 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 245 61 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16370 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.5 247 40 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.33 m Freezing level: 658.97 mb = 3541.96 m = 11620.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.38 mb = 3187.57 m = 10457.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.26 mb = 495.50 m = 1625.65 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 13.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.01 mb = 1831.41 m = 6008.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.36 mb = 1285.42 m = 4217.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.36 mb = 2476.02 m = 8123.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 491.36 mb = 5835.70 m = 19145.75 ft B at Equ Level: 94.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.36 mb = 9149.91 m = 30019.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 64.66 m/s