MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.03,-88.66 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -88.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 991 149 24.1 20.7 82 3.4 21.7 216 5 298.0 300.8 295.1 343.5 15.69 2 950 518 20.7 18.6 87 2.2 19.2 209 13 298.2 300.8 294.3 339.8 14.31 3 900 984 18.0 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 207 18 300.1 302.4 293.8 337.9 12.94 4 850 1472 14.5 13.8 96 0.7 14.0 212 24 301.3 303.5 293.3 335.9 11.75 5 800 1983 11.0 10.1 94 1.0 10.4 219 28 302.9 304.7 292.2 331.8 9.73 6 750 2519 8.3 4.9 80 3.3 6.3 218 28 305.6 306.9 291.0 327.6 7.28 7 700 3086 5.2 1.7 78 3.5 3.3 215 29 308.2 309.4 290.9 327.2 6.17 8 650 3688 2.1 -4.0 64 6.1 -0.8 212 31 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.2 4.39 9 600 4329 -2.5 -7.0 71 4.5 -4.6 217 35 313.2 313.9 290.3 325.2 3.77 10 550 5014 -7.3 -13.6 60 6.3 -9.6 223 41 315.4 315.9 289.8 323.4 2.43 11 500 5749 -12.3 -18.3 61 6.0 -14.2 226 45 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.1 1.80 12 450 6545 -17.3 -21.7 68 4.4 -18.5 229 45 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.49 13 400 7418 -22.6 -32.8 39 10.2 -24.4 235 50 325.6 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.61 14 350 8385 -29.3 -45.8 19 16.5 -31.0 240 61 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.18 15 300 9463 -38.7 -49.3 32 10.6 -39.4 242 66 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.14 16 250 10686 -49.1 -51.4 76 2.4 -49.2 242 73 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.13 17 200 12119 -56.0 -70.1 15 14.1 -56.2 247 80 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13946 -57.7 -83.2 2 25.5 -58.0 238 71 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16440 -67.0 -87.8 4 20.8 -67.1 254 37 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.53 m Freezing level: 627.18 mb = 3980.96 m = 13060.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.76 mb = 3567.24 m = 11703.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.00 mb = 572.59 m = 1878.55 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 20.12 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.04 mb = 1079.34 m = 3541.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.40 C = 79.51 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1487.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.60 mb = 892.90 m = 2929.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.60 mb = 1326.79 m = 4352.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.60 mb = 11666.67 m = 38276.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1477.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.60 mb = 14612.29 m = 47940.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: -2.4 tot: 91.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 27.08 Bulk Shear: 54.94 m/s