MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F023.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F023.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: 23 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.87,-84.52 Latitude: 42.87 Longitude: -84.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 976 249 19.0 17.2 90 1.7 17.8 213 9 294.1 296.4 291.9 330.5 12.75 2 950 485 17.3 16.5 95 0.7 16.8 219 20 294.7 297.0 291.9 330.7 12.55 3 900 946 14.8 14.3 97 0.4 14.5 227 27 296.7 298.8 291.7 329.9 11.47 4 850 1429 12.0 11.8 98 0.3 11.9 233 30 298.8 300.6 291.3 328.7 10.25 5 800 1935 9.5 8.0 90 1.5 8.6 235 33 301.2 302.8 290.6 326.2 8.43 6 750 2469 6.9 3.0 76 3.9 4.8 233 35 304.1 305.3 289.8 323.3 6.36 7 700 3032 3.5 -4.0 58 7.6 -0.0 236 38 306.4 307.2 288.4 319.0 4.05 8 650 3630 0.1 -8.3 53 8.4 -3.4 237 45 309.1 309.7 288.4 319.0 3.14 9 600 4267 -3.8 -7.4 76 3.6 -5.4 236 52 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.65 10 550 4949 -7.7 -20.4 35 12.7 -11.5 239 54 315.0 315.2 288.6 319.6 1.37 11 500 5684 -12.0 -27.3 27 15.3 -15.7 241 53 318.4 318.5 289.1 321.2 0.81 12 450 6480 -17.5 -32.8 25 15.3 -20.4 241 58 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.2 0.54 13 400 7351 -23.6 -39.2 22 15.6 -25.8 239 66 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.32 14 350 8310 -31.4 -43.0 31 11.6 -32.6 238 74 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.3 0.24 15 300 9380 -40.6 -46.8 51 6.2 -41.0 237 82 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 16 250 10593 -50.7 -52.3 84 1.5 -50.8 242 85 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.12 17 200 12017 -56.5 -71.2 14 14.7 -56.8 246 71 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.01 18 150 13838 -57.5 -81.7 3 24.2 -57.8 244 59 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16349 -63.9 -87.4 3 23.5 -64.1 252 41 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.61 m Freezing level: 648.50 mb = 3649.10 m = 11971.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.10 mb = 3031.31 m = 9945.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.92 mb = 468.04 m = 1535.55 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 887.10 m = 2910.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.30 C = 70.34 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 28.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.95 mb = 796.38 m = 2612.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.95 mb = 1126.64 m = 3696.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.95 mb = 10057.55 m = 32996.81 ft B at Equ Level: 264.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.95 mb = 11986.43 m = 39325.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 75.70 m/s