MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.48,-89.32 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -89.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 977 253 9.4 4.0 69 5.4 6.7 306 19 284.4 285.3 280.9 299.1 5.22 2 950 484 7.0 0.9 65 6.1 4.2 308 32 284.3 285.0 279.7 296.5 4.31 3 900 925 2.7 -0.5 80 3.2 1.3 310 37 284.3 285.0 279.5 295.8 4.10 4 850 1384 -1.6 -2.4 94 0.8 -1.9 311 38 284.5 285.1 279.1 295.2 3.77 5 800 1864 -2.7 -12.5 47 9.9 -5.8 315 40 288.3 288.6 278.5 293.7 1.82 6 750 2375 -3.8 -24.1 19 20.3 -8.8 321 41 292.4 292.5 279.0 294.7 0.72 7 700 2915 -7.6 -29.5 15 21.9 -12.1 320 39 294.0 294.1 279.4 295.6 0.47 8 650 3487 -11.9 -33.8 14 21.9 -15.6 320 37 295.6 295.6 279.8 296.7 0.34 9 600 4093 -16.7 -34.3 20 17.6 -19.4 322 35 296.7 296.8 280.4 297.9 0.35 10 550 4739 -21.7 -36.0 26 14.3 -23.5 324 32 298.4 298.4 281.1 299.4 0.32 11 500 5435 -25.7 -42.2 20 16.5 -27.3 320 28 301.7 301.7 282.3 302.4 0.19 12 450 6192 -29.1 -48.3 14 19.2 -30.6 304 19 306.7 306.7 284.2 307.0 0.11 13 400 7026 -33.0 -54.7 10 21.7 -34.3 296 19 312.1 312.1 286.1 312.3 0.06 14 350 7958 -35.8 -63.6 4 27.8 -37.0 307 26 320.5 320.5 288.9 320.6 0.02 15 300 9025 -37.1 -69.3 2 32.2 -38.3 305 28 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.1 0.01 16 250 10281 -39.0 -71.5 2 32.5 -40.2 284 23 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 17 200 11796 -43.4 -74.8 2 31.3 -44.4 272 30 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 18 150 13702 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 270 30 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16299 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 272 18 416.9 416.9 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5375.32 m Freezing level: 868.82 mb = 1211.04 m = 3973.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 880.24 mb = 1103.09 m = 3619.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.37 % Est. max temperature: 11.15 C = 52.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.26 mb = 922.58 m = 3026.80 ft T: 2.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 5.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1252.01 m = 4107.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.37 C = 48.86 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Showalter Index: 6.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: -0.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 104.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.23 mb = 1241.21 m = 4072.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.23 mb = 1287.73 m = 4224.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 840.23 mb = 1475.42 m = 4840.56 ft B at Equ Level: 0.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 830.23 mb = 1570.35 m = 5152.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.7 neg: -10.8 tot: 121.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 5.37 m/s