MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.14,-88.45 Latitude: 39.14 Longitude: -88.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 988 179 21.5 15.4 68 6.1 17.5 213 13 295.7 297.7 291.1 327.9 11.18 2 950 517 21.1 15.2 69 5.9 17.2 226 30 298.6 300.7 292.3 332.1 11.51 3 900 985 18.8 15.4 81 3.4 16.5 239 31 300.9 303.1 293.6 337.1 12.32 4 850 1473 14.7 12.4 86 2.2 13.2 244 27 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.1 10.72 5 800 1984 10.9 9.9 94 1.0 10.3 248 20 302.7 304.5 292.1 331.3 9.62 6 750 2520 8.4 3.7 73 4.6 5.8 238 20 305.6 306.9 290.5 325.9 6.68 7 700 3088 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 3.0 232 25 309.4 310.4 290.7 326.5 5.54 8 650 3691 1.7 -3.7 67 5.4 -0.9 246 31 310.9 311.8 290.3 325.0 4.48 9 600 4330 -3.0 -12.1 50 9.1 -6.5 249 34 312.7 313.1 289.0 320.8 2.53 10 550 5014 -7.1 -27.0 19 19.9 -12.2 241 34 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.3 0.76 11 500 5750 -11.5 -37.5 10 26.0 -16.3 236 38 319.0 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.30 12 450 6547 -17.2 -42.1 9 25.0 -20.8 236 43 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.21 13 400 7418 -23.5 -41.5 17 18.0 -25.9 244 46 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.25 14 350 8381 -30.3 -45.1 22 14.8 -31.7 247 54 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.20 15 300 9456 -39.3 -49.8 32 10.5 -40.0 244 57 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10677 -49.1 -52.1 71 3.0 -49.2 258 72 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12118 -53.4 -71.4 9 18.0 -53.7 261 83 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13948 -58.9 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.1 251 65 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16425 -68.7 -87.4 5 18.7 -68.8 251 35 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.31 m Freezing level: 631.65 mb = 3925.46 m = 12878.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.69 mb = 3545.79 m = 11633.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.57 mb = 960.62 m = 3151.59 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 11.14 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1629.48 m = 5345.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 32.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.82 mb = 1266.65 m = 4155.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.82 mb = 3495.10 m = 11466.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.82 mb = 10522.50 m = 34522.20 ft B at Equ Level: 410.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.82 mb = 12252.42 m = 40197.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.4 neg: -18.7 tot: 112.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 39.70 Bulk Shear: 10.38 m/s