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: 40.25,-88.85 Latitude: 40.25 Longitude: -88.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 978 237 22.0 18.4 80 3.6 19.5 208 7 297.0 299.5 293.4 336.6 13.70 2 950 492 20.6 16.2 76 4.5 17.7 221 14 298.1 300.4 292.7 333.7 12.26 3 900 956 16.8 13.0 79 3.8 14.4 232 18 298.8 300.7 291.6 329.6 10.54 4 850 1441 13.2 7.8 70 5.4 10.0 237 21 300.0 301.4 289.7 323.1 7.83 5 800 1948 10.4 -3.2 38 13.6 3.9 245 27 302.2 302.9 286.6 313.8 3.78 6 750 2482 7.6 -11.0 25 18.6 0.1 249 33 304.9 305.3 285.9 311.8 2.20 7 700 3046 4.1 -15.7 22 19.9 -3.0 251 37 307.1 307.4 286.1 312.3 1.60 8 650 3643 -0.4 -14.9 33 14.4 -5.6 253 38 308.5 308.8 286.9 314.5 1.86 9 600 4277 -4.9 -13.7 50 8.8 -8.1 257 39 310.4 310.8 287.9 317.5 2.20 10 550 4956 -8.9 -13.8 67 4.9 -10.6 252 42 313.5 314.0 289.1 321.3 2.39 11 500 5688 -13.0 -15.7 80 2.7 -13.9 240 49 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.6 2.25 12 450 6483 -17.8 -19.8 84 2.0 -18.3 229 54 320.9 321.3 290.8 326.9 1.77 13 400 7354 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.3 225 58 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.12 14 350 8315 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.3 223 65 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.62 15 300 9388 -39.8 -42.8 73 3.0 -40.1 222 74 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.29 16 250 10604 -50.5 -53.4 71 2.9 -50.6 228 85 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 17 200 12032 -53.9 -73.5 7 19.7 -54.2 250 80 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13868 -59.4 -81.8 4 22.5 -59.6 244 53 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16375 -63.7 -87.3 3 23.7 -63.8 252 48 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.45 m Freezing level: 654.66 mb = 3587.09 m = 11768.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.74 mb = 2495.83 m = 8188.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.62 mb = 696.50 m = 2285.07 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 24.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.18 mb = 1389.55 m = 4558.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.68 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 14.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 216.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.93 mb = 1205.65 m = 3955.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.93 mb = 1959.07 m = 6427.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.93 mb = 10631.21 m = 34878.86 ft B at Equ Level: 518.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.93 mb = 12395.40 m = 40666.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 7.37 Bulk Shear: 70.96 m/s