MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.17,-88.89 Latitude: 42.17 Longitude: -88.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 977 239 17.9 17.2 96 0.7 17.4 206 8 293.0 295.3 291.5 329.1 12.71 2 950 476 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 221 17 294.2 296.5 291.8 330.4 12.65 3 900 936 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 247 23 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.8 11.77 4 850 1419 12.5 12.1 97 0.4 12.2 252 27 299.2 301.1 291.6 329.8 10.46 5 800 1927 10.4 8.5 88 1.9 9.2 244 32 302.2 303.8 291.2 328.1 8.72 6 750 2463 7.9 -0.2 57 8.1 3.8 244 36 305.2 306.1 288.9 320.5 5.04 7 700 3027 3.9 -9.9 36 13.8 -1.7 249 39 306.9 307.3 287.1 315.0 2.58 8 650 3624 -0.4 -7.8 57 7.4 -3.6 243 46 308.5 309.1 288.3 318.8 3.28 9 600 4259 -4.6 -6.2 89 1.6 -5.3 235 54 310.8 311.6 289.8 323.5 4.01 10 550 4940 -8.2 -13.7 65 5.5 -10.2 234 58 314.3 314.8 289.4 322.2 2.41 11 500 5674 -12.8 -20.3 53 7.5 -15.0 232 60 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.6 1.52 12 450 6468 -18.1 -30.5 33 12.4 -20.6 232 59 320.5 320.6 289.6 322.9 0.67 13 400 7336 -24.4 -35.6 35 11.1 -26.2 232 58 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.46 14 350 8295 -31.5 -45.3 24 13.9 -32.8 231 63 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.19 15 300 9365 -40.5 -47.1 49 6.6 -40.9 232 69 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.18 16 250 10577 -51.4 -53.1 81 1.8 -51.4 237 77 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.11 17 200 12010 -52.7 -74.8 5 22.1 -53.0 246 72 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13857 -56.5 -82.5 2 26.1 -56.8 244 53 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16361 -66.0 -87.4 3 21.4 -66.1 241 40 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.09 m Freezing level: 654.41 mb = 3571.45 m = 11717.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.78 mb = 2844.69 m = 9332.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.97 mb = 323.60 m = 1061.68 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 775.17 m = 2543.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.72 C = 69.29 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 23.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 379.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.01 mb = 721.26 m = 2366.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.01 mb = 2819.20 m = 9249.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.01 mb = 10628.60 m = 34870.30 ft B at Equ Level: 372.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.01 mb = 12074.55 m = 39614.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.89 Bulk Shear: 97.64 m/s