MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.53,-84.65 Latitude: 41.53 Longitude: -84.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 976 259 21.3 18.3 83 3.0 19.3 260 8 296.5 299.0 293.3 336.0 13.71 2 950 493 19.5 16.7 83 2.9 17.6 247 19 297.0 299.3 292.7 333.6 12.67 3 900 958 17.9 13.6 76 4.2 15.1 230 25 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.0 10.95 4 850 1446 15.0 11.7 80 3.3 12.9 222 31 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.1 10.22 5 800 1956 11.3 9.6 90 1.6 10.3 227 36 303.2 304.9 292.0 331.3 9.45 6 750 2493 7.2 6.4 95 0.8 6.8 236 38 304.4 305.9 291.3 328.6 8.07 7 700 3057 3.5 0.4 80 3.1 1.9 242 40 306.4 307.4 289.9 323.6 5.63 8 650 3655 1.1 -7.4 53 8.5 -2.6 241 41 310.2 310.8 289.0 320.9 3.37 9 600 4293 -3.7 -6.4 81 2.7 -4.9 240 42 311.9 312.6 290.1 324.4 3.96 10 550 4976 -7.3 -15.5 52 8.3 -10.2 241 44 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.3 2.07 11 500 5712 -12.3 -19.0 58 6.6 -14.4 241 46 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.7 1.71 12 450 6508 -17.6 -33.3 24 15.7 -20.5 245 49 321.1 321.2 289.6 323.0 0.51 13 400 7378 -24.1 -30.8 54 6.7 -25.4 249 53 323.6 323.8 290.6 326.2 0.73 14 350 8337 -31.1 -33.8 77 2.7 -31.5 244 61 326.8 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.63 15 300 9409 -40.2 -44.3 65 4.1 -40.5 244 66 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.25 16 250 10624 -50.0 -53.5 67 3.5 -50.1 251 84 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12052 -56.9 -67.2 26 10.4 -57.1 256 73 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13865 -59.2 -82.2 4 23.0 -59.5 250 65 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16368 -64.5 -87.4 3 22.9 -64.7 248 42 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.92 m Freezing level: 638.53 mb = 3801.61 m = 12472.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.00 mb = 3302.68 m = 10835.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.21 mb = 637.42 m = 2091.25 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1633.44 m = 5358.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 662.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.74 mb = 1161.98 m = 3812.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.74 mb = 2126.92 m = 6978.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.74 mb = 10786.69 m = 35388.98 ft B at Equ Level: 659.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.74 mb = 12938.99 m = 42450.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 11.46 Bulk Shear: 57.77 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-83.73 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -83.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 254 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 251 10 296.2 298.5 292.7 333.7 13.04 2 950 491 20.1 16.3 79 3.8 17.5 239 19 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.4 12.35 3 900 955 17.1 14.0 82 3.1 15.1 228 24 299.1 301.2 292.2 331.9 11.22 4 850 1442 14.3 11.7 84 2.6 12.6 215 29 301.1 303.0 292.0 331.2 10.19 5 800 1952 10.9 9.8 93 1.1 10.2 223 35 302.8 304.5 292.0 331.1 9.53 6 750 2488 7.2 6.6 96 0.6 6.9 237 39 304.4 305.9 291.4 329.0 8.18 7 700 3052 3.5 2.5 93 1.0 2.9 242 41 306.3 307.5 290.6 326.2 6.54 8 650 3651 0.7 -3.5 73 4.2 -1.3 241 43 309.7 310.6 289.9 323.9 4.53 9 600 4288 -3.7 -5.5 87 1.8 -4.5 240 45 311.8 312.7 290.3 325.2 4.24 10 550 4971 -7.7 -9.9 84 2.3 -8.6 240 47 315.0 315.6 290.5 325.5 3.27 11 500 5706 -12.4 -14.4 85 1.9 -13.1 240 49 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.2 2.51 12 450 6502 -17.8 -21.7 71 3.9 -18.8 241 52 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.0 1.50 13 400 7372 -23.9 -32.0 47 8.1 -25.4 245 58 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.3 0.65 14 350 8332 -31.5 -37.2 57 5.8 -32.2 248 62 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.0 0.45 15 300 9402 -40.6 -45.0 62 4.4 -40.9 247 69 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 16 250 10615 -50.3 -53.3 70 3.0 -50.4 254 79 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 17 200 12042 -56.8 -69.8 18 13.0 -57.0 254 65 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 18 150 13855 -59.3 -82.1 4 22.9 -59.5 248 61 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16358 -64.0 -87.2 3 23.2 -64.2 251 40 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.22 m Freezing level: 642.20 mb = 3750.12 m = 12303.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.74 mb = 3457.36 m = 11342.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.17 mb = 690.66 m = 2265.92 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 9.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1527.44 m = 5011.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 37.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 642.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.33 mb = 1143.53 m = 3751.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.33 mb = 2105.45 m = 6907.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.33 mb = 10735.52 m = 35221.09 ft B at Equ Level: 641.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.33 mb = 12871.56 m = 42229.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 10.76 Bulk Shear: 59.69 m/s