MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.62,-87.51 Latitude: 38.62 Longitude: -87.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 993 143 23.9 16.9 65 7.0 19.2 214 12 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.2 12.26 2 950 530 20.9 14.9 69 6.0 17.0 228 28 298.4 300.4 292.0 331.2 11.28 3 900 997 19.3 13.7 70 5.6 15.6 236 33 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.8 10.99 4 850 1486 14.8 12.5 86 2.3 13.4 237 31 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.6 10.80 5 800 1996 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.3 238 27 302.4 304.2 292.0 331.3 9.74 6 750 2531 6.8 6.1 96 0.7 6.4 235 23 303.9 305.4 291.0 327.7 7.92 7 700 3097 6.1 -1.4 59 7.5 2.2 237 21 309.2 310.1 290.1 324.5 4.93 8 650 3700 2.2 -7.1 50 9.3 -2.0 243 24 311.5 312.1 289.5 322.5 3.46 9 600 4341 -2.6 -13.6 42 11.1 -6.7 239 27 313.2 313.6 288.9 320.4 2.22 10 550 5025 -7.0 -25.4 22 18.4 -11.9 232 33 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.8 0.88 11 500 5761 -11.6 -34.6 13 23.0 -16.2 233 38 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.4 0.41 12 450 6559 -16.5 -43.6 8 27.1 -20.4 239 41 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.2 0.18 13 400 7434 -22.0 -43.0 13 21.0 -24.8 246 43 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.21 14 350 8401 -29.4 -46.2 18 16.9 -31.0 246 52 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.8 0.17 15 300 9479 -38.7 -49.9 30 11.1 -39.5 246 53 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.13 16 250 10702 -48.8 -55.2 47 6.4 -49.0 257 72 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.09 17 200 12147 -52.8 -70.9 9 18.0 -53.2 259 83 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13977 -59.6 -83.4 3 23.9 -59.8 251 64 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16451 -68.2 -87.3 5 19.0 -68.4 245 35 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.72 m Freezing level: 626.85 mb = 3996.86 m = 13112.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.38 mb = 3412.76 m = 11196.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.12 mb = 1034.06 m = 3392.53 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.93 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1711.09 m = 5613.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 31.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.72 mb = 1368.64 m = 4490.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.72 mb = 2029.98 m = 6659.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.72 mb = 2903.39 m = 9525.46 ft B at Equ Level: 35.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.72 mb = 11627.36 m = 38147.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.0 neg: -30.2 tot: 67.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 23.38 Bulk Shear: 8.10 m/s