MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.61,-87.28 Latitude: 39.61 Longitude: -87.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 985 188 21.7 19.8 89 1.9 20.4 187 7 296.1 298.8 294.1 339.0 14.89 2 950 504 19.8 18.1 90 1.7 18.7 212 21 297.3 299.8 293.7 337.4 13.87 3 900 970 18.5 12.6 68 5.9 14.7 222 27 300.6 302.5 291.9 330.7 10.23 4 850 1458 15.9 5.9 51 10.0 10.2 231 30 302.8 304.1 289.8 323.4 6.87 5 800 1969 12.1 2.4 51 9.8 6.8 238 32 304.1 305.1 289.2 321.3 5.68 6 750 2505 7.8 0.8 61 7.0 4.1 247 35 305.0 306.0 289.2 321.5 5.40 7 700 3069 2.9 -0.1 80 3.0 1.4 251 38 305.7 306.7 289.5 322.3 5.43 8 650 3665 -0.9 -3.0 85 2.1 -1.9 254 40 307.9 308.8 289.5 322.5 4.70 9 600 4301 -4.2 -5.4 92 1.2 -4.8 248 40 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.7 4.27 10 550 4983 -7.7 -8.4 95 0.7 -8.0 239 38 314.9 315.6 290.8 326.8 3.70 11 500 5719 -11.9 -13.2 90 1.3 -12.3 232 38 318.5 319.1 291.0 327.7 2.77 12 450 6518 -16.9 -19.2 82 2.3 -17.6 225 46 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.4 1.87 13 400 7391 -23.0 -25.6 79 2.6 -23.6 223 53 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.19 14 350 8354 -30.4 -33.3 76 2.9 -30.9 222 57 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.1 0.66 15 300 9429 -39.6 -42.3 75 2.8 -39.8 225 63 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.31 16 250 10645 -50.7 -52.5 81 1.9 -50.8 234 72 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.12 17 200 12080 -53.7 -75.8 5 22.1 -54.0 255 83 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13906 -58.9 -81.8 4 22.9 -59.2 244 65 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16395 -66.3 -87.2 4 20.9 -66.4 247 45 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.59 m Freezing level: 661.98 mb = 3522.39 m = 11556.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.16 mb = 3312.11 m = 10866.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.28 mb = 429.39 m = 1408.74 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1671.78 m = 5484.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 903.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.15 mb = 1073.29 m = 3521.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.15 mb = 2242.09 m = 7355.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.15 mb = 11066.23 m = 36306.09 ft B at Equ Level: 893.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.15 mb = 13334.29 m = 43747.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 14.74 Bulk Shear: 61.32 m/s