MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.12,-84.82 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -84.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 971 310 18.3 17.4 94 0.9 17.7 204 9 293.9 296.3 292.0 330.9 12.96 2 950 494 16.6 16.2 98 0.4 16.4 212 16 294.0 296.2 291.5 329.1 12.30 3 900 954 15.8 13.3 85 2.4 14.2 232 22 297.7 299.7 291.4 329.0 10.75 4 850 1439 14.3 9.5 73 4.8 11.4 230 31 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.2 8.81 5 800 1949 11.3 5.5 68 5.7 8.0 229 39 303.2 304.5 290.1 324.5 7.11 6 750 2485 7.4 3.5 77 3.9 5.2 234 45 304.6 305.8 290.1 324.5 6.59 7 700 3049 3.3 1.9 91 1.3 2.6 239 49 306.1 307.3 290.3 325.3 6.30 8 650 3646 -0.0 -1.2 92 1.2 -0.6 244 51 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.7 5.41 9 600 4284 -3.2 -5.5 84 2.3 -4.3 244 53 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.8 4.23 10 550 4968 -7.0 -10.7 75 3.7 -8.4 245 54 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.8 3.09 11 500 5706 -11.7 -17.9 60 6.2 -13.7 244 56 318.8 319.2 290.3 325.1 1.87 12 450 6504 -17.1 -20.9 72 3.9 -18.1 241 56 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.3 1.60 13 400 7377 -22.9 -25.9 77 2.9 -23.6 238 53 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.16 14 350 8340 -30.5 -38.1 48 7.6 -31.5 239 54 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.1 0.41 15 300 9412 -40.3 -45.6 56 5.4 -40.6 241 57 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.22 16 250 10625 -51.2 -54.3 69 3.1 -51.3 241 54 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.10 17 200 12046 -56.7 -69.6 18 12.9 -56.8 254 65 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 13876 -57.3 -82.1 3 24.8 -57.6 242 54 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16376 -65.2 -87.1 3 21.9 -65.4 245 39 401.7 401.7 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.38 m Freezing level: 650.04 mb = 3645.86 m = 11961.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.78 mb = 3525.82 m = 11567.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.74 mb = 424.18 m = 1391.65 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 6.43 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1698.09 m = 5571.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.23 mb = 989.80 m = 3247.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.23 mb = 2804.42 m = 9200.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.23 mb = 6154.55 m = 20191.84 ft B at Equ Level: 61.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 331.23 mb = 8723.29 m = 28619.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 282.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 123.97 m/s