MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.12,-83.65 Latitude: 38.12 Longitude: -83.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 974 265 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.9 192 14 292.9 295.1 291.0 327.6 12.18 2 950 482 16.3 15.9 97 0.4 16.1 195 31 293.8 295.9 291.2 328.1 12.03 3 900 941 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 202 47 296.4 298.4 291.5 329.3 11.41 4 850 1424 12.5 12.2 98 0.3 12.4 210 56 299.3 301.2 291.8 330.3 10.59 5 800 1931 9.7 9.2 97 0.5 9.5 211 57 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.7 9.18 6 750 2466 7.0 6.5 97 0.4 6.7 210 56 304.1 305.6 291.3 328.5 8.14 7 700 3030 3.4 3.3 99 0.1 3.4 206 55 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.4 6.95 8 650 3628 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.1 203 56 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.5 5.94 9 600 4267 -3.2 -3.3 99 0.1 -3.2 203 57 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.2 5.00 10 550 4952 -6.8 -7.0 98 0.2 -6.9 205 59 316.1 316.8 291.5 329.3 4.12 11 500 5691 -10.8 -11.4 95 0.6 -11.1 206 61 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.4 3.20 12 450 6494 -15.4 -16.6 90 1.2 -15.8 208 64 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.7 2.31 13 400 7373 -21.0 -22.8 86 1.8 -21.5 212 67 327.7 328.0 292.5 333.0 1.53 14 350 8345 -28.2 -30.4 81 2.2 -28.6 216 70 330.8 330.9 292.8 333.9 0.87 15 300 9430 -37.1 -39.4 79 2.3 -37.4 219 75 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.6 0.42 16 250 10660 -48.0 -49.9 81 1.9 -48.1 219 82 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.16 17 200 12119 -50.4 -76.3 3 25.9 -50.8 237 62 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13947 -60.9 -81.5 5 20.5 -61.1 241 48 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16425 -66.1 -87.4 4 21.3 -66.3 238 35 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.27 m Freezing level: 647.17 mb = 3664.48 m = 12022.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.95 mb = 3653.58 m = 11986.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.00 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.43 mb = 405.80 m = 1331.35 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 2.89 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 864.17 m = 2835.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.57 C = 69.03 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.97 mb = 773.27 m = 2536.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.97 mb = 2653.79 m = 8706.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 572.97 mb = 4629.69 m = 15189.09 ft B at Equ Level: 39.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 472.97 mb = 6114.60 m = 20060.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 54.6 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 322.8 neg: -37.9 tot: 284.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 84.59 m/s