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: 39.62,-86.9 Latitude: 39.62 Longitude: -86.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 982 237 22.4 17.0 71 5.4 18.8 217 12 297.2 299.4 292.6 333.4 12.51 2 950 520 19.3 15.7 80 3.6 16.9 221 22 296.7 298.9 292.0 331.0 11.86 3 900 986 18.2 15.1 82 3.1 16.2 233 31 300.3 302.5 293.3 335.8 12.10 4 850 1474 14.5 13.1 91 1.4 13.6 233 27 301.4 303.4 292.9 334.4 11.19 5 800 1983 10.2 10.0 99 0.2 10.0 231 23 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.6 9.68 6 750 2518 8.2 4.0 75 4.2 5.8 231 24 305.4 306.7 290.6 326.1 6.81 7 700 3086 5.3 2.6 83 2.7 3.8 234 26 308.4 309.6 291.3 328.7 6.63 8 650 3688 1.9 -5.8 57 7.7 -1.7 243 31 311.1 311.8 289.7 323.1 3.82 9 600 4327 -2.8 -15.5 37 12.7 -7.4 241 33 312.8 313.2 288.5 319.1 1.90 10 550 5011 -7.1 -25.5 22 18.4 -12.1 236 36 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.6 0.87 11 500 5747 -11.6 -34.9 13 23.3 -16.2 237 39 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.4 0.40 12 450 6545 -16.9 -45.0 7 28.1 -20.8 238 42 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.6 0.15 13 400 7417 -23.0 -41.9 16 18.9 -25.5 243 43 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.24 14 350 8381 -29.9 -46.4 18 16.6 -31.4 244 54 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 15 300 9457 -39.2 -49.5 33 10.3 -39.9 242 56 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 16 250 10677 -50.0 -53.7 65 3.7 -50.1 254 62 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 17 200 12116 -53.5 -71.7 9 18.3 -53.8 261 75 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 13948 -58.6 -82.5 3 23.9 -58.9 253 64 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16432 -67.2 -87.4 4 20.2 -67.3 245 37 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.16 m Freezing level: 630.13 mb = 3941.83 m = 12932.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.25 mb = 3499.33 m = 11480.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.34 mb = 925.14 m = 3035.22 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 9.73 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.82 mb = 1524.88 m = 5002.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.27 mb = 1155.38 m = 3790.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.27 mb = 1803.45 m = 5916.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.27 mb = 10747.38 m = 35259.99 ft B at Equ Level: 439.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.27 mb = 12534.99 m = 41124.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: -25.4 tot: 80.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 24.57 Bulk Shear: 17.89 m/s