MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.71,-84.52 Latitude: 39.71 Longitude: -84.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 976 283 18.1 17.1 94 1.0 17.5 202 5 293.3 295.6 291.6 329.5 12.70 2 950 517 18.8 17.1 90 1.8 17.7 217 18 296.3 298.7 292.7 333.8 13.02 3 900 981 17.4 13.7 79 3.7 15.0 214 25 299.5 301.5 292.2 331.7 11.01 4 850 1467 14.1 10.6 80 3.5 11.9 213 32 300.9 302.6 291.4 328.8 9.47 5 800 1976 9.9 8.1 88 1.9 8.8 212 36 301.8 303.3 290.8 326.9 8.48 6 750 2510 6.5 4.4 87 2.0 5.3 215 35 303.6 304.9 290.2 324.7 7.02 7 700 3073 3.5 0.6 81 2.9 2.0 217 33 306.3 307.4 289.9 323.8 5.71 8 650 3671 -0.0 -4.1 74 4.0 -1.9 215 33 308.9 309.7 289.5 322.5 4.35 9 600 4308 -3.8 -5.8 86 2.0 -4.7 214 36 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.8 4.13 10 550 4990 -7.8 -8.3 96 0.5 -8.1 222 43 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.7 3.71 11 500 5725 -12.5 -14.8 83 2.3 -13.3 222 44 317.8 318.2 290.5 325.8 2.42 12 450 6522 -17.2 -21.6 68 4.5 -18.4 221 40 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.8 1.51 13 400 7394 -23.2 -25.5 81 2.3 -23.7 226 36 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.21 14 350 8357 -30.3 -34.7 66 4.3 -31.0 231 44 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.0 0.58 15 300 9433 -39.1 -48.6 36 9.5 -39.8 238 54 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.15 16 250 10651 -50.2 -55.0 57 4.8 -50.4 238 64 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 17 200 12080 -53.4 -71.1 10 17.7 -53.8 264 65 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13905 -59.8 -81.8 4 22.0 -60.0 251 56 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16403 -65.2 -87.4 3 22.2 -65.4 252 35 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.75 m Freezing level: 650.65 mb = 3662.77 m = 12016.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.74 mb = 3369.28 m = 11053.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.04 mb = 408.12 m = 1338.97 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 11.36 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.54 mb = 1481.95 m = 4861.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 34.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 440.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.21 mb = 1074.30 m = 3524.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.21 mb = 1818.01 m = 5964.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.21 mb = 10775.13 m = 35351.04 ft B at Equ Level: 430.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.21 mb = 12234.02 m = 40137.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 110.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 9.63 Bulk Shear: 45.79 m/s