MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.75,-92.39 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -92.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 978 250 17.6 11.6 68 6.0 14.0 317 14 292.6 294.2 288.0 317.8 8.82 2 950 497 16.2 9.6 65 6.6 12.3 317 29 293.6 295.0 287.6 316.4 7.93 3 900 954 12.2 6.9 70 5.4 9.2 318 31 294.1 295.3 286.8 314.1 6.93 4 850 1431 9.5 7.3 86 2.2 8.3 302 19 296.1 297.5 288.1 318.1 7.56 5 800 1932 6.7 5.7 93 1.0 6.2 256 17 298.3 299.6 288.6 319.5 7.20 6 750 2460 3.4 -0.6 75 3.9 1.4 239 25 300.2 301.1 287.1 314.9 4.90 7 700 3015 -0.4 -6.7 63 6.2 -3.0 232 29 302.0 302.6 286.1 312.2 3.32 8 650 3602 -5.5 -7.8 84 2.3 -6.4 229 29 302.8 303.4 286.4 312.9 3.28 9 600 4226 -9.0 -10.1 92 1.1 -9.4 234 30 305.7 306.2 287.1 314.9 2.95 10 550 4894 -13.3 -15.2 85 1.9 -13.9 240 35 308.4 308.8 287.2 315.2 2.13 11 500 5613 -17.9 -20.7 79 2.7 -18.6 237 43 311.2 311.5 287.4 316.0 1.47 12 450 6395 -20.6 -22.7 83 2.1 -21.1 227 61 317.3 317.6 289.3 321.9 1.37 13 400 7261 -24.0 -25.8 85 1.8 -24.4 215 84 323.8 324.0 291.1 327.8 1.16 14 350 8221 -31.2 -33.6 80 2.3 -31.6 217 97 326.6 326.8 291.4 329.0 0.64 15 300 9292 -40.1 -42.7 76 2.6 -40.4 219 105 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.29 16 250 10511 -48.9 -52.6 65 3.7 -49.0 209 109 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 17 200 11975 -49.9 -75.5 3 25.6 -50.4 241 69 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13819 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.4 254 71 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16345 -62.0 -87.9 2 25.9 -62.3 253 39 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.11 m Freezing level: 705.42 mb = 2954.86 m = 9694.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.99 mb = 2633.33 m = 8639.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.96 % Est. max temperature: 22.05 C = 71.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.69 mb = 1003.33 m = 3291.73 ft T: 11.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.73 mb = 1986.33 m = 6516.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.24 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.58 mb = 1425.31 m = 4676.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.58 mb = 3414.30 m = 11201.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 595.58 mb = 4282.67 m = 14050.59 ft B at Equ Level: 12.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 515.58 mb = 5381.71 m = 17656.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 6.9 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.2 neg: -64.2 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 137.74 m/s