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: 42.82,-84.50 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -84.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -63 SFC 963 252 11.0 8.7 85 2.4 9.7 285 21 287.2 288.5 284.5 307.8 7.32 2 950 367 10.1 7.7 85 2.4 8.8 288 34 287.5 288.7 284.2 307.1 6.97 3 900 814 6.2 5.9 98 0.2 6.1 296 46 287.9 289.0 283.9 306.2 6.50 4 850 1281 3.8 3.7 99 0.1 3.8 302 45 290.2 291.2 284.2 307.0 5.90 5 800 1773 2.4 2.2 99 0.2 2.3 299 31 293.7 294.7 285.3 310.0 5.62 6 750 2293 0.4 0.3 99 0.1 0.3 274 21 297.0 297.9 286.2 312.3 5.21 7 700 2844 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.4 243 22 299.9 300.7 286.6 313.6 4.57 8 650 3429 -5.7 -6.2 97 0.4 -5.9 226 28 302.5 303.2 286.7 313.9 3.71 9 600 4052 -9.8 -11.8 85 2.0 -10.5 222 34 304.8 305.2 286.4 312.8 2.58 10 550 4717 -14.4 -21.8 53 7.5 -16.3 216 36 307.0 307.3 285.7 311.0 1.21 11 500 5434 -17.8 -41.6 11 23.7 -21.0 204 40 311.3 311.3 286.1 312.0 0.20 12 450 6215 -21.9 -55.9 3 34.0 -24.8 193 53 315.7 315.7 287.4 315.9 0.04 13 400 7072 -26.7 -55.4 5 28.7 -28.9 184 69 320.2 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.05 14 350 8026 -31.2 -60.3 4 29.2 -32.9 180 79 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.03 15 300 9107 -35.3 -63.9 4 28.6 -36.7 194 75 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.02 16 250 10364 -40.4 -69.2 3 28.8 -41.5 175 58 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 17 200 11873 -43.7 -74.9 2 31.2 -44.6 208 61 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 18 150 13759 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.5 -55.0 201 41 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16321 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 218 26 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5497.01 m Freezing level: 743.30 mb = 2366.73 m = 7764.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.20 mb = 2354.91 m = 7726.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.35 % Est. max temperature: 16.48 C = 61.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.38 mb = 548.60 m = 1799.85 ft T: 8.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 1.57 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.29 mb = 811.36 m = 2661.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.64 C = 52.94 F Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lifted Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 6.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.08 mb = 831.52 m = 2728.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.08 mb = 877.11 m = 2877.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.08 mb = 969.07 m = 3179.32 ft B at Equ Level: 8.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 823.08 mb = 1541.98 m = 5058.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 7.5 tot: 11.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.6 neg: -27.5 tot: 81.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 116.27 m/s