MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F048.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F048.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: 48 hour RUC valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 43.57,-84.86 Latitude: 43.57 Longitude: -84.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 970 258 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 188 4 291.0 293.0 289.6 322.7 11.22 2 950 430 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.6 203 9 292.1 294.0 289.8 323.4 11.04 3 900 887 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 212 10 294.2 295.9 289.5 322.3 9.82 4 850 1364 8.9 8.0 94 1.0 8.3 214 8 295.5 296.9 288.2 318.4 7.92 5 800 1863 5.1 0.9 74 4.2 3.0 211 6 296.6 297.5 285.9 311.6 5.10 6 750 2386 0.8 -1.5 85 2.3 -0.3 196 9 297.4 298.2 285.7 311.0 4.56 7 700 2938 -1.3 -2.0 95 0.7 -1.7 191 15 301.0 301.9 287.2 315.2 4.71 8 650 3526 -4.1 -4.3 99 0.2 -4.2 189 18 304.3 305.1 287.9 317.5 4.28 9 600 4154 -7.3 -7.5 99 0.1 -7.4 190 30 307.6 308.3 288.4 319.0 3.64 10 550 4828 -10.5 -10.8 98 0.3 -10.6 195 47 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.4 3.06 11 500 5557 -14.0 -15.1 91 1.1 -14.4 199 59 315.9 316.4 289.9 323.7 2.36 12 450 6350 -18.3 -20.2 85 1.9 -18.9 200 65 320.2 320.5 290.6 325.9 1.70 13 400 7220 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.3 197 70 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.12 14 350 8181 -30.8 -33.5 77 2.7 -31.2 197 81 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.65 15 300 9253 -40.0 -42.7 75 2.7 -40.2 199 85 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.29 16 250 10470 -49.7 -55.0 53 5.4 -49.8 212 106 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.09 17 200 11915 -51.8 -73.0 6 21.2 -52.2 227 76 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13768 -56.3 -82.6 2 26.3 -56.6 223 45 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16301 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 243 34 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.91 m Freezing level: 731.83 mb = 2586.15 m = 8484.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.97 mb = 2332.09 m = 7651.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.45 % Est. max temperature: 20.40 C = 68.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.88 mb = 281.39 m = 923.19 ft T: 15.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.44 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.23 mb = 819.20 m = 2687.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.14 C = 64.65 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 30.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.14 mb = 745.91 m = 2447.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.14 mb = 978.64 m = 3210.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.14 mb = 5109.18 m = 16762.19 ft B at Equ Level: 283.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 370.14 mb = 7778.06 m = 25518.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.8 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 226.8 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.18 Bulk Shear: 46.06 m/s