MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.87,-86.06 Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -86.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 980 247 24.2 15.5 58 8.7 18.4 212 12 299.1 301.1 292.3 332.3 11.39 2 950 516 20.8 14.8 69 6.0 16.8 220 21 298.3 300.3 291.9 330.8 11.18 3 900 981 17.7 14.2 80 3.5 15.4 230 29 299.8 301.8 292.6 333.1 11.37 4 850 1468 14.6 12.7 89 1.9 13.4 234 30 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.7 10.93 5 800 1978 10.1 9.8 98 0.3 9.9 231 27 301.9 303.7 291.7 330.2 9.56 6 750 2512 7.7 3.6 75 4.1 5.4 233 27 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.8 6.60 7 700 3080 5.9 -0.3 64 6.2 2.7 239 28 309.0 310.0 290.4 325.5 5.34 8 650 3682 2.0 -7.0 51 9.0 -2.0 243 30 311.2 311.9 289.5 322.3 3.48 9 600 4322 -2.8 -17.0 33 14.2 -7.7 237 33 312.9 313.2 288.2 318.4 1.68 10 550 5005 -7.3 -26.1 21 18.8 -12.2 234 37 315.4 315.6 288.2 318.3 0.82 11 500 5741 -11.9 -36.2 11 24.3 -16.5 235 39 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.8 0.35 12 450 6538 -17.1 -46.9 6 29.8 -21.0 237 41 321.7 321.8 289.4 322.2 0.13 13 400 7410 -22.8 -42.0 16 19.2 -25.4 240 43 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.24 14 350 8375 -29.7 -46.2 19 16.5 -31.3 242 54 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.17 15 300 9451 -39.2 -49.1 34 9.9 -39.9 240 56 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.15 16 250 10670 -50.3 -54.4 62 4.0 -50.5 252 62 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.09 17 200 12109 -53.1 -73.1 7 20.0 -53.5 261 71 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13938 -58.9 -82.4 3 23.5 -59.2 251 64 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16425 -66.8 -87.3 4 20.5 -66.9 239 38 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.53 m Freezing level: 629.17 mb = 3948.58 m = 12954.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.66 mb = 3415.57 m = 11205.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.95 mb = 1339.45 m = 4394.47 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.81 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.08 mb = 1667.69 m = 5471.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.12 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 232.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.48 mb = 1363.97 m = 4474.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.48 mb = 1920.50 m = 6300.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.48 mb = 2673.12 m = 8769.98 ft B at Equ Level: 13.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 665.48 mb = 3490.83 m = 11452.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.0 neg: -12.1 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 21.71 m/s