MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.26,-89.10 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 981 214 20.0 18.8 92 1.3 19.2 170 7 294.8 297.3 293.0 335.0 14.02 2 950 487 19.0 17.3 90 1.7 17.8 196 13 296.5 298.8 292.9 334.4 13.16 3 900 950 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 14.0 219 11 297.8 299.7 291.2 328.2 10.45 4 850 1433 13.1 4.7 57 8.3 8.4 247 10 299.8 301.0 288.3 318.6 6.31 5 800 1940 10.8 -7.0 28 17.9 2.9 254 15 302.7 303.2 285.8 311.4 2.82 6 750 2474 7.2 -10.7 27 17.9 -0.0 251 19 304.4 304.8 285.9 311.5 2.25 7 700 3036 3.1 -14.9 25 18.0 -3.4 254 21 305.9 306.2 285.8 311.4 1.72 8 650 3631 -1.1 -18.4 25 17.3 -6.7 260 24 307.8 308.0 286.1 312.3 1.38 9 600 4263 -6.4 -17.3 42 10.9 -9.9 268 28 308.7 309.0 286.8 314.1 1.65 10 550 4936 -11.2 -15.6 70 4.4 -12.6 263 31 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.5 2.07 11 500 5664 -13.5 -15.5 85 2.0 -14.2 231 37 316.6 317.1 290.0 324.2 2.29 12 450 6461 -16.7 -18.7 85 1.9 -17.3 214 54 322.2 322.6 291.4 328.8 1.95 13 400 7336 -22.9 -25.4 80 2.5 -23.5 215 60 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.5 1.21 14 350 8299 -30.3 -33.4 74 3.1 -30.7 219 68 327.9 328.1 291.8 330.3 0.66 15 300 9376 -38.6 -42.3 68 3.6 -38.9 224 82 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.31 16 250 10599 -49.2 -52.6 67 3.5 -49.3 226 97 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.12 17 200 12038 -51.8 -80.9 2 29.1 -52.2 252 78 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.00 18 150 13875 -58.4 -82.7 3 24.3 -58.6 257 49 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16382 -64.1 -87.5 3 23.4 -64.3 253 38 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.84 m Freezing level: 662.79 mb = 3479.13 m = 11414.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.66 mb = 2467.12 m = 8094.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.58 mb = 373.85 m = 1226.52 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 23.55 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1192.00 m = 3910.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.16 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.18 C K Index: 13.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.29 mb = 956.78 m = 3139.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.29 mb = 2318.26 m = 7605.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.29 mb = 8619.85 m = 28280.01 ft B at Equ Level: 477.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.29 mb = 11901.13 m = 39045.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.0 neg: -8.1 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 10.35 Bulk Shear: 46.22 m/s