MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 7Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42,-85.85 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -85.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 SFC 970 268 16.4 15.6 95 0.8 15.9 179 9 292.1 294.1 290.2 324.9 11.56 2 950 445 15.5 14.8 96 0.7 15.0 197 17 292.9 294.9 290.2 324.8 11.20 3 900 902 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.9 200 17 294.6 296.3 289.2 321.6 9.38 4 850 1380 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 192 15 296.3 297.8 288.6 319.8 8.08 5 800 1881 6.4 5.1 92 1.3 5.6 184 17 297.9 299.2 288.1 318.1 6.89 6 750 2409 3.3 3.1 98 0.2 3.2 185 27 300.1 301.3 288.4 319.1 6.37 7 700 2966 0.9 0.9 100 0.1 0.9 189 39 303.5 304.6 289.1 321.1 5.83 8 650 3560 -1.5 -1.5 99 0.1 -1.5 194 48 307.3 308.3 289.8 323.5 5.26 9 600 4195 -4.3 -4.5 98 0.2 -4.4 204 53 311.1 312.0 290.4 325.5 4.56 10 550 4877 -7.6 -8.2 96 0.5 -7.9 208 60 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.1 3.75 11 500 5613 -11.6 -12.4 94 0.8 -11.9 209 67 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.6 2.95 12 450 6413 -16.3 -17.5 90 1.2 -16.7 209 72 322.7 323.1 291.7 330.0 2.14 13 400 7289 -22.2 -23.9 86 1.7 -22.6 207 76 326.1 326.4 292.0 331.0 1.38 14 350 8255 -29.6 -31.9 80 2.3 -30.0 206 79 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.6 0.76 15 300 9334 -38.8 -41.4 77 2.6 -39.0 206 83 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.34 16 250 10554 -49.8 -52.7 71 2.9 -49.9 211 86 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.12 17 200 11986 -54.4 -69.8 13 15.4 -54.6 235 90 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13827 -56.4 -83.4 2 27.0 -56.7 241 41 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16341 -62.4 -88.0 2 25.6 -62.6 242 37 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.38 m Freezing level: 680.79 mb = 3194.29 m = 10479.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.30 mb = 3183.17 m = 10443.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.81 % Est. max temperature: 21.54 C = 70.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.69 mb = 367.46 m = 1205.57 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.38 mb = 973.35 m = 3193.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.15 C = 66.46 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.86 C K Index: 29.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.69 mb = 858.31 m = 2815.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.69 mb = 1285.51 m = 4217.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 659.69 mb = 3441.32 m = 11290.29 ft B at Equ Level: 71.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 539.69 mb = 5022.92 m = 16479.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.1 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 231.1 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.3 neg: -4.4 tot: 212.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 90.46 m/s