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: 40.80,-87.29 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -87.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 981 215 19.8 18.6 92 1.3 19.0 219 11 294.6 297.0 292.9 334.2 13.84 2 950 495 18.1 17.8 98 0.4 17.9 227 22 295.6 298.0 292.9 334.6 13.58 3 900 958 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 235 26 297.7 300.0 292.8 334.0 12.51 4 850 1442 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.4 241 28 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.38 5 800 1951 11.1 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 239 36 303.0 304.8 292.3 332.4 9.87 6 750 2489 8.4 3.9 74 4.4 5.9 239 38 305.6 306.9 290.6 326.2 6.77 7 700 3055 4.8 -5.9 46 10.6 -0.1 239 38 307.8 308.4 288.3 318.8 3.53 8 650 3654 0.7 -8.6 50 9.3 -3.3 237 40 309.7 310.3 288.6 319.4 3.06 9 600 4291 -4.0 -9.8 64 5.8 -6.4 241 45 311.5 312.1 289.1 321.2 3.03 10 550 4973 -8.1 -13.4 65 5.3 -10.1 246 51 314.5 314.9 289.5 322.5 2.46 11 500 5707 -12.7 -16.1 76 3.4 -13.8 246 53 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.8 2.18 12 450 6501 -18.0 -22.0 71 3.9 -19.1 245 55 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.6 1.46 13 400 7371 -23.8 -27.6 71 3.7 -24.6 239 64 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 1.00 14 350 8333 -30.3 -32.8 79 2.5 -30.7 226 66 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.69 15 300 9408 -39.7 -42.3 76 2.6 -39.9 228 77 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.31 16 250 10624 -50.1 -53.1 70 3.0 -50.2 241 86 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.11 17 200 12053 -55.6 -70.5 14 14.9 -55.8 251 83 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.01 18 150 13879 -57.6 -82.0 3 24.4 -57.9 244 62 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16389 -64.9 -87.3 3 22.4 -65.0 248 42 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.66 m Freezing level: 642.73 mb = 3746.80 m = 12292.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.82 mb = 3045.31 m = 9991.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.55 mb = 372.89 m = 1223.36 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 770.25 m = 2527.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.11 C = 71.80 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 28.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 801.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.37 mb = 719.76 m = 2361.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.37 mb = 954.01 m = 3129.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.37 mb = 10875.23 m = 35679.45 ft B at Equ Level: 800.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.37 mb = 13070.86 m = 42882.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 13.22 Bulk Shear: 60.68 m/s