MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F025.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F025.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: 25 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.27,-90.97 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -90.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 983 189 22.2 16.3 69 5.9 18.2 184 4 296.8 299.0 292.1 331.3 11.94 2 950 479 21.0 12.4 58 8.6 15.5 197 11 298.5 300.2 290.7 326.4 9.56 3 900 944 16.6 10.9 69 5.7 13.1 202 13 298.7 300.3 290.4 325.4 9.15 4 850 1428 12.7 6.3 65 6.4 9.0 221 14 299.5 300.7 288.8 320.3 7.07 5 800 1933 9.0 -1.6 47 10.7 3.8 249 16 300.8 301.6 286.6 313.6 4.24 6 750 2464 5.2 -6.0 44 11.3 0.3 276 21 302.3 302.9 286.1 312.2 3.25 7 700 3022 0.9 -7.8 52 8.7 -2.7 280 25 303.5 304.0 286.4 312.9 3.03 8 650 3612 -3.6 -12.4 50 8.8 -6.8 270 26 304.9 305.4 286.1 312.1 2.27 9 600 4239 -7.9 -17.5 46 9.6 -10.9 265 33 307.0 307.3 286.1 312.2 1.61 10 550 4910 -12.4 -21.4 47 9.0 -14.8 261 38 309.4 309.6 286.6 313.5 1.25 11 500 5631 -16.8 -27.8 38 11.0 -19.1 249 41 312.6 312.7 287.2 315.3 0.78 12 450 6415 -21.0 -32.5 35 11.5 -23.1 237 47 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.7 0.55 13 400 7277 -24.8 -27.3 80 2.5 -25.3 235 79 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.3 1.02 14 350 8237 -30.8 -33.5 77 2.7 -31.2 224 91 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.64 15 300 9310 -39.5 -42.8 71 3.3 -39.8 222 97 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29 16 250 10533 -49.0 -52.8 64 3.8 -49.1 215 106 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 17 200 11983 -50.9 -75.0 4 24.0 -51.4 244 68 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13826 -57.9 -82.3 3 24.4 -58.2 249 56 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16351 -62.0 -87.8 2 25.8 -62.2 246 36 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5595.19 m Freezing level: 689.90 mb = 3141.24 m = 10305.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.75 mb = 2509.64 m = 8233.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.33 mb = 931.29 m = 3055.39 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.09 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1755.77 m = 5760.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.66 C = 78.19 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 27.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 534.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.15 mb = 1514.91 m = 4970.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.15 mb = 2076.60 m = 6812.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.15 mb = 7346.98 m = 24103.98 ft B at Equ Level: 530.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.15 mb = 11184.41 m = 36693.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 98.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 7.60 Bulk Shear: 70.23 m/s