MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.71,-85.33 Latitude: 40.71 Longitude: -85.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 978 259 19.3 17.8 91 1.6 18.3 185 8 294.4 296.7 292.3 332.1 13.20 2 950 505 18.5 16.7 89 1.8 17.2 199 21 295.9 298.2 292.3 332.3 12.65 3 900 969 17.7 10.7 64 7.0 13.3 220 30 299.7 301.4 290.6 326.2 9.00 4 850 1455 14.7 7.0 60 7.6 10.2 232 33 301.5 302.9 289.9 323.6 7.43 5 800 1964 10.8 4.4 65 6.4 7.2 240 33 302.7 303.9 289.5 322.4 6.57 6 750 2499 6.8 1.7 70 5.1 4.1 242 32 303.9 305.0 289.2 321.4 5.76 7 700 3062 3.1 -3.1 64 6.1 0.1 243 31 305.9 306.7 288.5 319.3 4.36 8 650 3658 -0.2 -7.8 57 7.6 -3.4 248 35 308.7 309.4 288.4 319.1 3.28 9 600 4295 -3.8 -8.6 69 4.8 -5.8 246 40 311.8 312.4 289.5 322.4 3.33 10 550 4977 -7.9 -9.3 90 1.4 -8.5 239 44 314.7 315.4 290.5 325.8 3.44 11 500 5712 -12.0 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.4 232 47 318.3 318.9 291.0 327.6 2.82 12 450 6510 -17.0 -19.2 83 2.2 -17.7 229 48 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.86 13 400 7383 -23.3 -26.5 75 3.1 -24.0 227 49 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.5 1.10 14 350 8345 -30.6 -33.1 79 2.4 -31.0 221 53 327.4 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.67 15 300 9418 -40.1 -42.7 77 2.5 -40.4 223 50 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.30 16 250 10631 -51.2 -54.0 72 2.8 -51.3 238 57 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.10 17 200 12052 -56.0 -68.9 18 12.9 -56.2 254 64 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13872 -59.1 -82.1 4 23.0 -59.3 245 60 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16381 -64.1 -87.3 3 23.2 -64.3 250 37 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.21 m Freezing level: 653.04 mb = 3621.91 m = 11882.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.08 mb = 3083.65 m = 10116.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.74 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.66 mb = 454.03 m = 1489.59 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.28 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1805.97 m = 5925.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 27.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.92 mb = 1238.60 m = 4063.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.92 mb = 2532.78 m = 8309.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.92 mb = 6561.27 m = 21526.20 ft B at Equ Level: 128.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.92 mb = 10972.98 m = 36000.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 228.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 71.17 m/s