MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.71,-84.72 Latitude: 41.71 Longitude: -84.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 971 304 22.0 17.2 74 4.8 18.8 245 9 297.6 300.0 293.0 334.8 12.84 2 950 494 21.0 15.7 72 5.3 17.5 231 19 298.5 300.6 292.6 333.1 11.88 3 900 959 17.6 13.4 76 4.3 14.9 221 25 299.7 301.6 292.0 331.2 10.78 4 850 1446 14.1 11.9 86 2.2 12.7 216 30 300.9 302.8 292.1 331.3 10.33 5 800 1955 11.0 10.0 94 1.0 10.4 227 36 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.7 9.70 6 750 2492 7.3 6.9 98 0.3 7.1 237 40 304.5 306.0 291.6 329.5 8.36 7 700 3056 3.5 2.6 94 0.9 3.0 242 42 306.3 307.6 290.7 326.4 6.60 8 650 3655 1.3 -4.2 67 5.5 -1.3 242 43 310.4 311.3 290.0 324.0 4.31 9 600 4294 -3.6 -5.8 85 2.1 -4.6 240 45 311.9 312.7 290.3 325.0 4.14 10 550 4977 -7.4 -15.3 53 8.0 -10.2 240 48 315.3 315.7 289.5 322.3 2.11 11 500 5711 -12.6 -18.9 59 6.3 -14.5 239 51 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.4 1.72 12 450 6507 -17.8 -33.8 23 16.0 -20.7 238 54 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.6 0.49 13 400 7376 -24.0 -39.6 22 15.6 -26.1 238 54 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.31 14 350 8336 -31.2 -44.2 27 13.0 -32.4 242 59 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.22 15 300 9407 -40.0 -45.1 58 5.1 -40.4 244 67 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.23 16 250 10623 -50.2 -53.9 65 3.7 -50.4 252 78 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12049 -56.6 -69.7 18 13.0 -56.8 253 69 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 13871 -57.7 -82.5 3 24.7 -58.0 243 60 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16376 -64.6 -87.3 3 22.7 -64.8 253 43 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.75 m Freezing level: 636.72 mb = 3824.83 m = 12548.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.31 mb = 3467.01 m = 11374.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.32 mb = 908.59 m = 2980.89 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 7.70 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1639.19 m = 5377.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 37.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 518.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.89 mb = 1337.34 m = 4387.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.89 mb = 2209.70 m = 7249.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.89 mb = 10728.90 m = 35199.37 ft B at Equ Level: 513.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.89 mb = 12862.44 m = 42199.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 8.10 Bulk Shear: 64.00 m/s