MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F032.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F032.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: 32 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.46,-86.17 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -86.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 978 258 20.0 18.5 91 1.5 19.0 201 9 295.1 297.6 293.0 334.8 13.86 2 950 505 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.1 220 22 296.2 298.6 293.2 335.5 13.66 3 900 969 17.2 13.7 80 3.6 14.9 225 30 299.3 301.3 292.1 331.4 10.99 4 850 1455 14.9 6.2 56 8.7 9.9 230 35 301.8 303.1 289.6 322.7 7.02 5 800 1965 11.3 2.3 54 9.0 6.5 236 34 303.2 304.3 288.8 320.3 5.66 6 750 2500 7.1 -0.0 60 7.2 3.5 244 33 304.3 305.3 288.7 319.9 5.10 7 700 3063 3.1 -2.0 69 5.2 0.6 251 35 306.0 306.8 288.9 320.4 4.71 8 650 3660 -0.3 -3.8 77 3.5 -2.0 253 36 308.6 309.5 289.5 322.4 4.43 9 600 4297 -3.6 -5.7 85 2.1 -4.6 251 37 312.0 312.8 290.3 325.2 4.17 10 550 4980 -7.2 -8.4 91 1.2 -7.7 244 38 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.5 3.70 11 500 5718 -11.5 -12.9 89 1.4 -12.1 235 39 319.0 319.6 291.2 328.4 2.83 12 450 6517 -16.9 -18.9 84 2.0 -17.4 229 42 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.5 1.91 13 400 7390 -23.3 -25.5 82 2.2 -23.8 224 50 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.9 1.20 14 350 8351 -30.8 -33.6 76 2.8 -31.2 221 56 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.64 15 300 9425 -39.8 -42.6 74 2.9 -40.0 223 66 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.30 16 250 10640 -50.7 -53.8 70 3.1 -50.8 232 74 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 17 200 12068 -56.0 -68.8 19 12.8 -56.2 254 74 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13890 -59.4 -81.8 4 22.4 -59.6 247 63 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.00 19 100 16390 -63.9 -87.4 3 23.4 -64.1 253 42 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.96 m Freezing level: 654.31 mb = 3608.44 m = 11838.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.25 mb = 3199.42 m = 10496.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.73 mb = 444.24 m = 1457.46 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 15.69 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1568.11 m = 5144.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 17.74 C K Index: 27.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 580.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.44 mb = 1021.67 m = 3351.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.44 mb = 2180.90 m = 7155.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.44 mb = 10916.43 m = 35814.62 ft B at Equ Level: 574.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.44 mb = 12755.10 m = 41846.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 13.86 Bulk Shear: 41.89 m/s