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: 42.25,-89.11 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -89.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 976 245 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 211 6 292.7 294.9 291.3 328.4 12.58 2 950 477 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.5 226 16 294.0 296.2 291.6 329.6 12.46 3 900 937 14.9 14.5 98 0.4 14.7 240 20 296.9 299.0 291.9 330.5 11.63 4 850 1420 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.6 244 23 299.3 301.0 291.0 327.7 9.71 5 800 1927 10.1 5.7 74 4.4 7.6 245 29 301.9 303.3 289.8 323.4 7.20 6 750 2462 7.1 1.1 65 6.0 3.9 242 34 304.3 305.3 289.0 321.0 5.52 7 700 3025 3.1 -3.5 62 6.7 -0.0 243 40 306.0 306.7 288.4 318.9 4.21 8 650 3621 -0.5 -5.4 70 4.9 -2.7 242 45 308.4 309.1 289.0 320.7 3.95 9 600 4257 -4.0 -4.4 97 0.4 -4.3 239 48 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.9 4.59 10 550 4939 -8.1 -8.5 97 0.4 -8.3 234 48 314.5 315.2 290.6 326.2 3.66 11 500 5673 -12.9 -14.5 88 1.6 -13.5 231 50 317.3 317.8 290.5 325.5 2.49 12 450 6468 -18.4 -21.5 77 3.0 -19.3 228 53 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.3 1.53 13 400 7335 -25.0 -30.5 60 5.5 -26.0 229 60 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.1 0.75 14 350 8290 -32.1 -43.0 33 10.9 -33.2 231 68 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.24 15 300 9358 -40.9 -45.2 63 4.4 -41.2 234 77 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.23 16 250 10569 -51.4 -55.0 65 3.6 -51.5 237 83 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.09 17 200 12002 -53.1 -73.3 7 20.2 -53.4 242 67 348.7 348.7 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13845 -57.2 -82.0 3 24.7 -57.5 244 56 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16346 -65.2 -87.1 3 21.9 -65.4 240 41 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.71 m Freezing level: 656.92 mb = 3538.67 m = 11609.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.49 mb = 3019.17 m = 9905.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.31 C = 77.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.09 mb = 306.32 m = 1004.97 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.53 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 915.04 m = 3002.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.53 C = 70.75 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.20 mb = 748.21 m = 2454.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.20 mb = 2514.21 m = 8248.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.20 mb = 10176.63 m = 33387.48 ft B at Equ Level: 366.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.20 mb = 11837.18 m = 38835.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 4.95 Bulk Shear: 74.16 m/s