MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.78,-86.1 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -86.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 981 238 21.5 18.3 82 3.2 19.4 233 10 296.2 298.7 293.2 335.5 13.63 2 950 518 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 231 21 296.2 298.6 292.6 333.2 12.83 3 900 981 16.6 14.8 89 1.9 15.4 239 28 298.7 300.8 292.6 333.1 11.82 4 850 1467 14.6 12.4 87 2.2 13.1 240 32 301.4 303.4 292.5 332.9 10.68 5 800 1978 11.2 9.4 89 1.8 10.1 238 32 303.1 304.8 291.9 330.8 9.32 6 750 2515 8.2 5.6 84 2.6 6.7 239 33 305.5 306.9 291.3 328.4 7.61 7 700 3082 5.6 1.1 73 4.5 3.2 239 34 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.0 5.93 8 650 3683 1.2 -2.1 79 3.3 -0.4 237 35 310.3 311.3 290.6 326.1 5.06 9 600 4322 -3.5 -7.4 75 3.9 -5.2 235 38 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.7 3.67 10 550 5005 -7.5 -10.7 78 3.2 -8.8 233 41 315.2 315.8 290.3 325.1 3.08 11 500 5741 -12.4 -17.8 64 5.3 -14.2 234 46 317.9 318.2 290.0 324.2 1.89 12 450 6536 -17.8 -25.4 51 7.6 -19.6 235 46 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.6 1.07 13 400 7407 -23.1 -25.8 79 2.7 -23.7 238 41 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.1 1.17 14 350 8371 -30.3 -34.0 70 3.7 -30.9 245 44 327.8 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.62 15 300 9445 -39.8 -44.5 61 4.7 -40.2 242 49 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.24 16 250 10661 -49.6 -53.1 66 3.6 -49.7 256 76 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12098 -53.9 -71.9 9 18.1 -54.1 259 75 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13926 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.1 246 55 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16406 -66.8 -87.3 4 20.5 -66.9 242 40 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.89 m Freezing level: 637.01 mb = 3849.28 m = 12628.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.82 mb = 3611.02 m = 11847.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.79 mb = 637.51 m = 2091.54 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1412.83 m = 4635.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 565.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.10 mb = 960.89 m = 3152.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.10 mb = 2327.11 m = 7634.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.10 mb = 10736.74 m = 35225.10 ft B at Equ Level: 562.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.10 mb = 12871.11 m = 42227.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 15.66 Bulk Shear: 36.12 m/s