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: 42.66,-83.23 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -83.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -69 SFC 961 269 13.9 12.1 89 1.9 12.8 225 16 290.4 292.0 287.6 316.5 9.24 2 950 364 12.8 11.3 90 1.5 11.9 227 27 290.2 291.8 287.2 315.3 8.88 3 900 816 9.3 9.3 100 0.1 9.3 234 34 291.1 292.6 286.8 314.3 8.17 4 850 1288 6.7 6.7 99 0.1 6.7 237 34 293.2 294.5 286.8 314.1 7.24 5 800 1785 4.3 4.2 99 0.1 4.2 228 34 295.7 296.9 286.9 314.5 6.46 6 750 2308 1.5 0.6 94 0.9 1.1 217 40 298.2 299.2 286.8 314.0 5.33 7 700 2861 -1.9 -4.9 80 3.0 -3.2 212 46 300.4 301.1 286.0 311.9 3.80 8 650 3447 -4.9 -13.6 50 8.8 -7.9 205 52 303.5 303.8 285.3 309.9 2.05 9 600 4072 -7.9 -26.8 20 19.0 -12.4 194 65 307.0 307.2 285.1 309.4 0.71 10 550 4743 -11.1 -49.4 3 38.3 -16.2 186 78 310.9 310.9 285.7 311.1 0.08 11 500 5470 -14.7 -53.5 2 38.8 -19.1 182 82 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.3 0.05 12 450 6260 -19.0 -52.3 4 33.2 -22.5 180 84 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.6 0.07 13 400 7126 -24.0 -51.6 6 27.5 -26.6 178 91 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.08 14 350 8089 -29.1 -60.5 3 31.4 -31.2 185 106 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.03 15 300 9175 -35.4 -60.3 6 24.9 -36.7 190 106 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 16 250 10422 -43.0 -67.5 5 24.4 -43.8 188 77 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 17 200 11916 -45.4 -76.2 2 30.8 -46.2 196 71 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 18 150 13793 -56.2 -83.8 2 27.6 -56.5 216 45 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16331 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 233 34 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5538.43 m Freezing level: 727.67 mb = 2554.93 m = 8382.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.35 mb = 2444.23 m = 8019.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.60 % Est. max temperature: 18.64 C = 65.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.35 mb = 502.66 m = 1649.12 ft T: 11.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 5.11 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 790.17 m = 2592.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.59 C = 58.26 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 4.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 25.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.69 mb = 799.83 m = 2624.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.69 mb = 845.95 m = 2775.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 786.69 mb = 1920.59 m = 6301.08 ft B at Equ Level: 14.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 636.69 mb = 3608.28 m = 11838.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.6 at 55.7 knts Storm direction: 228.6 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.6 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -17.4 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 161.01 m/s