MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.05,-88.97 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -88.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 977 248 19.5 18.5 94 1.0 18.8 242 8 294.6 297.1 292.8 334.1 13.80 2 950 487 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 247 13 294.7 297.0 292.0 330.9 12.63 3 900 948 14.3 13.6 96 0.7 13.8 257 15 296.2 298.2 291.1 327.8 10.94 4 850 1429 12.0 7.1 72 4.9 9.2 261 17 298.7 300.1 288.9 320.6 7.45 5 800 1935 10.0 3.1 62 7.0 6.2 255 27 301.8 302.9 288.6 319.7 5.97 6 750 2469 7.1 -5.5 40 12.6 1.4 244 33 304.3 304.9 287.0 314.7 3.37 7 700 3031 2.7 -12.0 33 14.7 -3.0 242 36 305.5 305.9 286.2 312.4 2.18 8 650 3625 -1.7 -17.9 28 16.3 -7.0 240 40 307.1 307.4 285.9 311.7 1.43 9 600 4257 -5.2 -26.3 17 21.0 -10.6 237 47 310.1 310.2 286.2 312.6 0.75 10 550 4935 -8.5 -36.0 9 27.5 -13.9 234 55 314.0 314.0 287.1 315.1 0.32 11 500 5668 -13.0 -38.8 10 25.8 -17.4 237 59 317.2 317.2 288.1 318.1 0.27 12 450 6461 -18.8 -37.1 18 18.3 -21.8 240 67 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.9 0.35 13 400 7327 -24.8 -40.4 22 15.6 -26.8 237 73 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.8 0.28 14 350 8282 -32.3 -44.8 28 12.6 -33.4 238 79 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.20 15 300 9348 -41.3 -45.7 62 4.4 -41.6 239 85 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.21 16 250 10559 -50.5 -54.3 64 3.8 -50.6 243 97 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 17 200 12001 -52.9 -73.6 6 20.7 -53.2 242 72 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13848 -55.0 -83.3 2 28.3 -55.4 240 55 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16380 -63.6 -87.3 3 23.7 -63.7 246 39 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.95 m Freezing level: 669.05 mb = 3398.74 m = 11150.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.23 mb = 2642.31 m = 8668.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.61 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.41 mb = 375.91 m = 1233.29 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 22.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 865.02 m = 2837.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.84 C = 69.50 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 17.43 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 407.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.01 mb = 816.27 m = 2678.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.01 mb = 957.06 m = 3139.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.01 mb = 1537.74 m = 5045.02 ft B at Equ Level: 12.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.01 mb = 11716.74 m = 38440.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -3.1 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 91.53 m/s