MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F022.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F022.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: 22 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.23,-87.73 Latitude: 39.23 Longitude: -87.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 169 23.3 19.4 78 4.0 20.6 200 12 297.4 300.1 294.1 339.3 14.45 2 950 514 20.7 14.8 69 5.8 16.8 218 21 298.2 300.2 291.9 330.8 11.22 3 900 980 18.7 9.7 56 9.0 13.2 231 33 300.8 302.3 290.5 325.7 8.41 4 850 1467 15.5 7.8 60 7.7 10.9 235 39 302.4 303.8 290.5 325.7 7.85 5 800 1978 11.9 5.9 66 6.1 8.5 235 42 303.9 305.2 290.5 325.8 7.29 6 750 2515 7.9 3.4 73 4.5 5.4 236 41 305.1 306.4 290.3 324.9 6.54 7 700 3080 3.6 0.7 82 2.8 2.1 242 37 306.5 307.5 290.0 324.1 5.78 8 650 3678 0.0 -3.8 76 3.8 -1.7 253 37 309.0 309.8 289.6 322.9 4.46 9 600 4315 -3.7 -7.6 74 3.9 -5.4 259 41 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.2 3.60 10 550 4998 -7.8 -9.5 88 1.7 -8.5 255 41 314.8 315.5 290.5 325.8 3.39 11 500 5734 -11.7 -12.5 94 0.8 -12.0 245 40 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.4 2.93 12 450 6533 -16.3 -17.3 92 1.0 -16.6 238 44 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.2 2.19 13 400 7409 -22.2 -23.9 86 1.7 -22.6 234 49 326.2 326.4 292.0 331.0 1.39 14 350 8376 -29.5 -32.3 76 2.8 -30.0 229 53 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.72 15 300 9454 -39.1 -42.8 68 3.7 -39.4 227 56 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.29 16 250 10673 -49.5 -52.6 69 3.2 -49.6 242 71 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.12 17 200 12102 -56.5 -66.5 27 10.0 -56.7 253 88 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13927 -58.1 -82.1 3 24.0 -58.3 249 66 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16419 -67.1 -87.6 4 20.4 -67.2 241 39 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.55 m Freezing level: 649.46 mb = 3684.96 m = 12089.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.47 mb = 3403.74 m = 11166.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.12 mb = 668.09 m = 2191.86 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.61 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.85 mb = 2042.59 m = 6701.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 32.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.82 mb = 1438.93 m = 4720.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.82 mb = 2760.82 m = 9057.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.82 mb = 6569.32 m = 21552.63 ft B at Equ Level: 151.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.82 mb = 10729.00 m = 35199.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 203.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 69.19 m/s