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: 42.44,-83.74 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -83.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 275 21.1 17.5 80 3.6 18.7 247 10 296.5 298.8 292.8 334.0 13.01 2 950 490 19.5 16.5 83 3.0 17.5 238 19 297.0 299.2 292.6 333.1 12.49 3 900 953 16.2 14.5 89 1.7 15.1 230 23 298.2 300.3 292.3 332.0 11.61 4 850 1439 13.8 11.9 88 1.9 12.6 215 30 300.6 302.5 292.0 331.0 10.33 5 800 1948 10.8 10.2 96 0.6 10.4 223 36 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.8 9.81 6 750 2484 7.1 6.6 97 0.5 6.8 235 39 304.3 305.8 291.4 328.9 8.19 7 700 3048 3.1 1.9 92 1.2 2.5 241 42 306.0 307.1 290.3 325.1 6.29 8 650 3646 0.8 -5.7 62 6.5 -2.2 240 45 309.9 310.6 289.3 321.9 3.84 9 600 4283 -3.8 -6.4 82 2.6 -4.9 238 46 311.8 312.5 290.0 324.3 3.95 10 550 4966 -7.8 -12.3 70 4.5 -9.5 238 47 314.8 315.4 289.9 323.6 2.71 11 500 5700 -12.6 -16.5 72 3.9 -13.9 239 49 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.7 2.11 12 450 6496 -17.8 -25.0 53 7.2 -19.5 240 53 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.8 1.12 13 400 7366 -23.8 -34.3 37 10.5 -25.5 243 60 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.0 0.52 14 350 8326 -31.5 -39.7 44 8.3 -32.4 246 65 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.35 15 300 9395 -40.7 -46.1 56 5.4 -41.1 247 70 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.20 16 250 10607 -50.5 -52.2 81 1.8 -50.5 253 80 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 17 200 12033 -56.9 -69.8 18 12.9 -57.1 252 65 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 18 150 13848 -59.0 -82.3 3 23.3 -59.3 247 59 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16353 -63.9 -87.3 3 23.4 -64.1 250 40 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.69 m Freezing level: 641.35 mb = 3756.05 m = 12322.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.54 mb = 3358.68 m = 11019.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.29 mb = 734.41 m = 2409.44 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 9.85 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1333.98 m = 4376.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.41 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 36.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 647.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.38 mb = 1044.62 m = 3427.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.38 mb = 1996.01 m = 6548.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.38 mb = 10992.40 m = 36063.86 ft B at Equ Level: 632.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.38 mb = 12861.79 m = 42196.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.4 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 205.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 9.94 Bulk Shear: 65.14 m/s