MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.46,-87.24 Latitude: 39.46 Longitude: -87.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 987 179 18.0 16.9 93 1.1 17.3 181 6 292.2 294.4 290.9 327.3 12.36 2 950 510 16.6 14.1 85 2.5 15.0 226 10 294.0 295.9 290.2 324.6 10.70 3 900 970 14.9 10.8 77 4.0 12.4 258 18 296.8 298.5 289.7 323.2 9.08 4 850 1453 12.3 8.8 79 3.5 10.2 256 22 299.0 300.6 289.9 323.7 8.41 5 800 1959 9.8 7.5 85 2.3 8.5 239 25 301.6 303.1 290.5 325.8 8.14 6 750 2494 7.0 6.3 95 0.7 6.6 217 28 304.2 305.7 291.2 328.2 8.00 7 700 3058 3.7 3.3 97 0.5 3.5 207 33 306.6 307.9 291.0 327.7 6.93 8 650 3657 -0.0 -0.6 96 0.6 -0.3 208 39 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.3 5.64 9 600 4294 -3.9 -4.8 93 0.9 -4.3 214 45 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.7 4.48 10 550 4977 -7.5 -8.4 93 0.9 -7.9 221 49 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.0 3.69 11 500 5714 -11.3 -12.2 93 0.9 -11.7 223 49 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.1 3.00 12 450 6515 -16.1 -17.0 93 0.9 -16.4 223 49 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.6 2.24 13 400 7391 -22.0 -23.7 87 1.6 -22.4 229 51 326.3 326.6 292.1 331.3 1.42 14 350 8358 -29.4 -32.3 76 2.9 -29.9 230 51 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.73 15 300 9437 -38.7 -42.8 65 4.1 -39.1 236 50 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.29 16 250 10658 -50.2 -54.0 64 3.8 -50.3 240 52 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 17 200 12074 -58.5 -66.2 37 7.7 -58.6 255 81 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 13909 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.3 -57.8 245 62 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16417 -66.0 -87.3 4 21.3 -66.1 257 38 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.51 m Freezing level: 650.54 mb = 3650.39 m = 11976.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.36 mb = 3602.89 m = 11820.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.33 mb = 319.37 m = 1047.78 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.10 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1576.35 m = 5171.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.77 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.18 C K Index: 32.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6113.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.77 mb = 981.82 m = 3221.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 4.6 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -19.5 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 83.79 m/s