MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.80,-88.61 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -88.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 981 208 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 18.0 191 12 293.5 295.8 291.9 330.6 13.02 2 950 481 18.6 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 205 26 296.0 298.3 292.5 332.9 12.80 3 900 944 16.9 10.6 66 6.3 13.0 222 19 299.0 300.6 290.3 325.2 8.95 4 850 1429 13.1 6.9 66 6.2 9.5 234 16 299.8 301.2 289.2 321.6 7.36 5 800 1934 8.5 4.5 76 4.0 6.3 242 16 300.2 301.4 288.7 319.9 6.63 6 750 2464 4.6 -1.7 64 6.3 1.5 245 17 301.6 302.4 287.1 315.2 4.50 7 700 3022 1.2 -11.2 39 12.4 -3.6 250 21 303.8 304.2 285.7 311.0 2.31 8 650 3613 -3.3 -10.7 57 7.4 -6.1 234 19 305.3 305.7 286.5 313.4 2.60 9 600 4241 -7.1 -9.4 84 2.3 -8.0 216 18 307.9 308.5 288.0 317.8 3.13 10 550 4917 -9.7 -10.9 91 1.1 -10.2 207 30 312.6 313.1 289.5 322.3 3.04 11 500 5650 -12.8 -14.1 90 1.3 -13.3 206 48 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.9 2.57 12 450 6445 -17.7 -19.6 85 1.9 -18.2 212 56 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.1 1.80 13 400 7317 -23.3 -25.6 81 2.3 -23.8 217 66 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.9 1.19 14 350 8280 -30.2 -33.0 77 2.8 -30.6 221 78 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.68 15 300 9357 -38.6 -41.7 73 3.1 -38.9 215 86 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.33 16 250 10579 -49.7 -52.8 70 3.1 -49.8 215 97 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 12013 -52.5 -74.4 5 21.9 -52.8 242 84 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13849 -58.2 -82.7 3 24.5 -58.5 251 56 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16361 -62.8 -87.9 2 25.1 -63.0 249 40 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.59 m Freezing level: 686.98 mb = 3175.87 m = 10419.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.04 mb = 2627.19 m = 8619.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.17 C = 77.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.69 mb = 349.28 m = 1145.93 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 21.89 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.97 mb = 1458.48 m = 4784.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: 2.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 20.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.44 mb = 1111.27 m = 3645.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.44 mb = 1754.40 m = 5755.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.44 mb = 7000.77 m = 22968.14 ft B at Equ Level: 439.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.44 mb = 11475.72 m = 37649.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -16.1 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 72.15 Bulk Shear: 6.10 m/s