MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 4Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.00,-92.72 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 975 264 20.6 16.7 78 3.9 18.0 229 6 295.9 298.2 292.1 331.5 12.34 2 950 485 20.3 15.9 76 4.4 17.4 231 20 297.8 300.0 292.4 332.7 12.03 3 900 950 17.1 14.2 83 2.9 15.2 227 26 299.1 301.2 292.3 332.4 11.39 4 850 1436 13.9 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 223 29 300.7 302.7 292.5 332.9 10.95 5 800 1945 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.1 233 32 303.0 305.0 292.7 333.9 10.39 6 750 2482 7.6 6.7 94 1.0 7.1 239 36 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.6 8.21 7 700 3048 4.8 -1.1 65 5.9 1.8 241 36 307.8 308.8 289.8 323.4 5.05 8 650 3648 0.6 -6.0 61 6.6 -2.4 241 38 309.7 310.4 289.2 321.5 3.75 9 600 4286 -3.2 -13.5 45 10.3 -7.1 238 42 312.4 312.8 288.6 319.7 2.24 10 550 4968 -7.3 -14.2 58 6.9 -9.8 237 43 315.5 315.9 289.7 323.1 2.31 11 500 5707 -10.5 -31.2 17 20.7 -15.2 237 46 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.57 12 450 6508 -16.1 -43.7 7 27.6 -20.1 236 48 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.18 13 400 7381 -23.3 -45.0 12 21.7 -25.9 237 53 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.3 0.17 14 350 8343 -30.3 -49.6 13 19.3 -31.9 235 58 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.12 15 300 9420 -38.7 -55.0 16 16.3 -39.6 234 57 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.07 16 250 10642 -49.2 -56.2 44 6.9 -49.4 237 68 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 17 200 12077 -53.4 -69.3 13 15.9 -53.7 237 65 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13907 -60.1 -81.9 4 21.8 -60.3 247 61 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16386 -66.4 -87.1 4 20.6 -66.5 254 37 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.68 m Freezing level: 642.02 mb = 3749.68 m = 12301.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.24 mb = 3303.62 m = 10838.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.56 mb = 764.80 m = 2509.16 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1466.59 m = 4811.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 31.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.44 mb = 1165.44 m = 3823.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.44 mb = 2237.00 m = 7339.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.44 mb = 9590.68 m = 31465.11 ft B at Equ Level: 270.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.44 mb = 11998.87 m = 39365.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 5.71 Bulk Shear: 47.46 m/s