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: 42.50,-82.94 Latitude: 42.50 Longitude: -82.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 186 19.8 16.2 79 3.7 17.4 258 7 294.3 296.4 291.2 328.1 11.82 2 950 492 20.2 15.5 74 4.8 17.1 233 19 297.7 299.8 292.2 331.7 11.71 3 900 957 17.3 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 224 22 299.4 301.3 292.0 331.2 10.88 4 850 1443 14.3 11.3 82 3.0 12.4 213 27 301.1 303.0 291.9 330.5 9.94 5 800 1952 10.5 9.5 94 1.0 9.9 218 32 302.3 304.0 291.7 330.1 9.36 6 750 2488 6.8 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 234 37 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.3 8.12 7 700 3051 3.5 2.4 93 1.1 2.9 242 40 306.3 307.5 290.6 326.1 6.50 8 650 3650 0.3 -2.4 82 2.7 -1.0 241 42 309.3 310.2 290.2 324.6 4.93 9 600 4288 -3.4 -5.3 87 1.9 -4.3 241 43 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.7 4.29 10 550 4971 -7.5 -10.1 82 2.6 -8.5 240 45 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.6 3.24 11 500 5707 -12.2 -16.1 73 3.9 -13.5 241 48 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.4 2.18 12 450 6503 -17.6 -24.6 54 7.0 -19.3 243 51 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.2 1.16 13 400 7374 -23.6 -33.2 41 9.6 -25.3 249 56 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.4 0.58 14 350 8333 -31.3 -35.2 68 3.9 -31.9 251 63 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.54 15 300 9404 -40.6 -43.5 73 3.0 -40.8 247 69 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.27 16 250 10617 -50.5 -52.5 79 2.0 -50.5 255 81 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.12 17 200 12042 -57.2 -68.6 22 11.4 -57.4 253 65 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13852 -59.6 -82.0 4 22.5 -59.8 251 59 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16361 -63.5 -87.3 3 23.8 -63.7 250 36 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.50 m Freezing level: 645.87 mb = 3702.39 m = 12146.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.28 mb = 3486.38 m = 11438.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.49 mb = 651.66 m = 2137.97 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 7.09 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1622.57 m = 5323.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 341.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.29 mb = 1174.10 m = 3851.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.29 mb = 2138.11 m = 7014.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.29 mb = 10297.56 m = 33784.24 ft B at Equ Level: 340.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.29 mb = 12289.88 m = 40320.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 208.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 5.39 Bulk Shear: 63.44 m/s