MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 43.05,-84.37 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 981 218 14.9 11.9 82 3.0 13.1 199 9 289.7 291.3 287.1 314.9 8.95 2 950 491 15.3 11.7 79 3.6 13.1 217 28 292.7 294.3 288.3 318.7 9.10 3 900 950 15.0 13.2 89 1.7 13.8 240 36 296.9 298.9 291.1 327.8 10.67 4 850 1435 13.7 12.1 90 1.6 12.7 235 31 300.5 302.4 292.1 331.4 10.50 5 800 1944 10.1 9.6 97 0.5 9.8 222 29 301.9 303.6 291.7 329.8 9.42 6 750 2477 5.8 5.1 95 0.7 5.4 221 28 302.9 304.3 290.3 325.0 7.36 7 700 3040 4.5 -2.4 61 6.8 1.1 225 28 307.4 308.3 289.2 321.6 4.59 8 650 3640 1.0 -1.8 82 2.8 -0.4 227 32 310.0 311.0 290.6 326.1 5.16 9 600 4278 -3.5 -7.6 73 4.1 -5.3 235 41 312.0 312.7 289.8 323.5 3.60 10 550 4961 -7.5 -14.1 59 6.6 -9.9 237 40 315.1 315.6 289.6 322.8 2.33 11 500 5697 -12.1 -16.0 72 3.9 -13.5 237 40 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.6 2.19 12 450 6494 -17.2 -30.5 31 13.3 -20.0 239 43 321.6 321.7 290.0 324.0 0.67 13 400 7365 -23.7 -38.2 25 14.6 -25.8 240 44 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.5 0.35 14 350 8325 -31.0 -37.5 53 6.5 -31.9 247 45 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.43 15 300 9398 -39.4 -49.9 32 10.6 -40.0 247 54 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 16 250 10616 -50.1 -55.4 53 5.3 -50.3 238 54 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 17 200 12040 -56.6 -69.3 19 12.7 -56.8 238 54 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 13871 -58.0 -83.1 3 25.1 -58.2 238 44 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16354 -66.8 -87.0 4 20.1 -67.0 251 41 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.39 m Freezing level: 639.36 mb = 3776.04 m = 12388.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.46 mb = 3462.01 m = 11358.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.11 mb = 606.97 m = 1991.34 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.75 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 1933.31 m = 6342.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: 2.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7259.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.58 mb = 1010.93 m = 3316.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.2 neg: -49.9 tot: 134.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 19.20 m/s