MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.35,-89.56 Latitude: 41.35 Longitude: -89.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 980 217 18.6 16.4 87 2.1 17.2 235 8 293.4 295.6 291.1 327.8 12.08 2 950 488 18.3 15.3 83 3.0 16.3 242 25 295.7 297.8 291.5 329.0 11.57 3 900 949 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.6 246 30 297.3 299.3 291.7 330.2 11.34 4 850 1433 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 244 34 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.0 10.99 5 800 1942 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 10.9 240 36 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.4 10.27 6 750 2479 7.4 7.0 97 0.4 7.2 236 36 304.6 306.2 291.7 329.8 8.40 7 700 3044 4.4 0.8 77 3.6 2.5 233 38 307.4 308.5 290.3 325.2 5.82 8 650 3644 0.9 -3.3 73 4.2 -1.2 233 40 310.0 310.9 290.1 324.4 4.61 9 600 4282 -3.4 -6.7 78 3.3 -4.8 234 42 312.2 313.0 290.1 324.5 3.87 10 550 4966 -7.3 -9.6 84 2.2 -8.2 233 44 315.4 316.0 290.6 326.3 3.36 11 500 5702 -12.0 -13.6 88 1.6 -12.6 232 45 318.4 319.0 290.9 327.3 2.68 12 450 6500 -17.3 -20.8 74 3.4 -18.3 232 49 321.4 321.8 290.9 327.0 1.62 13 400 7371 -23.5 -29.6 57 6.1 -24.7 235 54 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.4 0.82 14 350 8332 -31.1 -37.4 54 6.2 -31.9 238 57 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.4 0.44 15 300 9405 -39.7 -49.3 35 9.6 -40.3 244 65 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.14 16 250 10621 -50.9 -54.5 65 3.6 -51.0 246 71 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 17 200 12051 -54.0 -71.9 9 17.9 -54.2 240 66 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 13887 -57.7 -83.2 2 25.5 -58.0 242 53 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16384 -66.9 -87.1 4 20.2 -67.0 253 36 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.15 m Freezing level: 639.33 mb = 3780.17 m = 12402.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.61 mb = 3451.95 m = 11325.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.27 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.82 mb = 489.16 m = 1604.84 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1275.25 m = 4183.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.03 mb = 930.18 m = 3051.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.03 mb = 3680.54 m = 12075.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.03 mb = 7990.13 m = 26214.03 ft B at Equ Level: 72.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.03 mb = 10435.71 m = 34237.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.9 neg: -6.7 tot: 75.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 40.08 m/s