MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 17Z 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 42 SFC 981 211 20.0 18.4 90 1.6 18.9 236 10 294.8 297.3 292.8 334.1 13.70 2 950 483 17.4 16.8 96 0.6 17.0 241 16 294.8 297.1 292.0 331.3 12.74 3 900 944 14.7 13.5 92 1.2 13.9 249 20 296.6 298.6 291.2 328.0 10.85 4 850 1425 11.7 9.1 84 2.6 10.2 248 21 298.4 300.0 289.8 323.6 8.59 5 800 1932 11.1 -2.4 39 13.5 4.5 254 28 303.0 303.7 287.2 315.2 4.01 6 750 2467 7.5 -5.8 38 13.3 1.5 244 34 304.8 305.4 287.1 315.0 3.32 7 700 3030 3.1 -9.7 38 12.8 -2.1 235 38 305.9 306.4 286.8 314.1 2.61 8 650 3625 -1.1 -16.2 31 15.1 -6.3 231 41 307.7 308.0 286.4 313.1 1.66 9 600 4259 -4.4 -26.5 16 22.1 -10.2 231 48 311.0 311.1 286.5 313.5 0.73 10 550 4939 -8.2 -35.5 9 27.3 -13.6 232 52 314.4 314.5 287.3 315.6 0.34 11 500 5672 -13.1 -38.5 10 25.4 -17.5 237 55 317.0 317.1 288.1 318.1 0.28 12 450 6464 -18.6 -38.8 15 20.2 -21.7 242 63 319.9 319.9 289.0 321.0 0.30 13 400 7331 -24.5 -40.5 21 16.0 -26.6 240 66 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.28 14 350 8288 -31.9 -42.8 33 10.8 -33.0 240 70 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.25 15 300 9357 -40.7 -47.2 50 6.5 -41.1 240 82 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.8 0.18 16 250 10569 -50.4 -57.7 42 7.3 -50.6 246 90 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.06 17 200 12006 -54.9 -73.7 8 18.8 -55.2 247 68 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 13832 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 244 59 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16350 -64.4 -87.3 3 22.9 -64.6 247 44 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.98 m Freezing level: 663.22 mb = 3467.79 m = 11377.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.57 mb = 2692.60 m = 8833.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.65 mb = 414.27 m = 1359.15 ft T: 18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 884.96 m = 2903.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.60 C = 70.89 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 21.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.76 mb = 796.00 m = 2611.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.76 mb = 1125.98 m = 3694.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.76 mb = 1616.85 m = 5304.55 ft B at Equ Level: 15.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 770.76 mb = 2240.91 m = 7351.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 50.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 5.55 Bulk Shear: 72.79 m/s