MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 10Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.8,-88.01 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 980 216 17.6 14.0 80 3.6 15.3 214 10 292.4 294.3 289.3 321.7 10.31 2 950 482 18.3 14.0 76 4.3 15.5 226 31 295.7 297.7 290.7 326.4 10.63 3 900 945 16.3 13.5 84 2.7 14.5 245 35 298.3 300.2 291.7 329.9 10.87 4 850 1431 14.3 12.4 88 1.9 13.1 245 40 301.1 303.1 292.4 332.7 10.71 5 800 1941 11.2 9.9 92 1.3 10.4 238 37 303.1 304.8 292.2 331.7 9.61 6 750 2478 8.0 7.3 95 0.7 7.6 233 33 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.0 8.57 7 700 3044 4.6 3.9 95 0.7 4.2 229 35 307.6 308.9 291.6 329.6 7.23 8 650 3645 1.4 -4.1 66 5.6 -1.2 227 40 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.2 4.34 9 600 4284 -3.2 -9.4 62 6.2 -5.8 230 43 312.4 313.0 289.5 322.4 3.12 10 550 4967 -7.7 -15.5 54 7.8 -10.5 234 44 314.9 315.3 289.3 321.7 2.07 11 500 5702 -12.3 -19.7 54 7.4 -14.5 237 46 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.4 1.60 12 450 6498 -17.2 -38.2 14 21.0 -20.7 238 49 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.31 13 400 7369 -23.9 -45.9 11 22.0 -26.3 237 51 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.16 14 350 8328 -31.2 -41.0 37 9.8 -32.3 245 55 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.30 15 300 9401 -39.4 -52.6 23 13.2 -40.2 242 62 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.10 16 250 10620 -49.8 -54.7 57 4.8 -50.0 231 59 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.09 17 200 12052 -54.3 -72.2 9 18.0 -54.5 241 62 346.8 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 13889 -57.5 -83.1 2 25.6 -57.8 245 54 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16385 -67.1 -86.9 4 19.8 -67.2 247 40 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.28 m Freezing level: 634.65 mb = 3841.60 m = 12603.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.23 mb = 3506.51 m = 11504.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.11 mb = 672.40 m = 2206.00 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 1873.43 m = 6146.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 201.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.30 mb = 1113.79 m = 3654.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.30 mb = 4863.51 m = 15956.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.30 mb = 5291.88 m = 17361.61 ft B at Equ Level: 22.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 437.30 mb = 6709.79 m = 22013.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.2 neg: -43.3 tot: 126.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 24.73 m/s