MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F021.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 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.75,-88.40 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 980 217 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.8 206 8 292.4 294.5 290.7 326.7 12.10 2 950 488 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 226 25 294.4 296.5 291.3 328.7 12.02 3 900 948 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 237 27 296.9 298.9 291.5 329.1 11.13 4 850 1432 12.9 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 246 29 299.7 301.7 292.2 331.8 10.97 5 800 1940 10.6 10.1 97 0.5 10.3 244 37 302.4 304.2 292.0 331.3 9.73 6 750 2476 7.1 6.1 93 1.0 6.5 236 40 304.3 305.7 291.1 327.9 7.87 7 700 3040 4.1 -0.2 74 4.2 1.9 233 43 307.0 308.0 289.9 323.6 5.41 8 650 3639 0.2 -2.9 80 3.1 -1.3 231 45 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.1 4.76 9 600 4276 -3.8 -6.4 82 2.6 -5.0 231 48 311.7 312.5 290.0 324.2 3.94 10 550 4959 -7.7 -11.0 77 3.3 -9.0 231 51 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.6 3.00 11 500 5694 -12.3 -16.5 71 4.2 -13.7 233 53 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.0 2.10 12 450 6490 -17.8 -25.8 50 8.0 -19.7 234 53 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.04 13 400 7359 -24.1 -29.4 62 5.3 -25.1 238 54 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.84 14 350 8318 -31.5 -37.1 58 5.6 -32.2 238 60 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.45 15 300 9388 -40.5 -44.8 63 4.3 -40.8 239 71 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.24 16 250 10601 -51.2 -52.5 85 1.4 -51.2 240 75 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.12 17 200 12028 -53.7 -72.4 8 18.7 -54.0 244 67 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13870 -57.6 -82.6 3 25.0 -57.9 244 54 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16363 -66.1 -87.0 4 21.0 -66.2 245 39 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.84 m Freezing level: 647.01 mb = 3677.15 m = 12063.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.06 mb = 3393.56 m = 11133.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.84 mb = 354.25 m = 1162.22 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 8.18 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1133.80 m = 3719.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.15 C = 73.66 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.03 mb = 807.20 m = 2648.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.03 mb = 3274.25 m = 10742.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.03 mb = 8115.22 m = 26624.43 ft B at Equ Level: 100.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.03 mb = 10860.91 m = 35632.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 129.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 61.28 m/s