MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.77,-83.73 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -83.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 984 205 19.1 18.0 93 1.1 18.4 192 8 293.6 296.0 292.1 331.4 13.28 2 950 510 18.0 17.3 95 0.7 17.5 209 23 295.5 297.9 292.6 333.4 13.19 3 900 973 16.8 11.9 73 4.8 13.7 226 30 298.8 300.6 291.0 327.4 9.80 4 850 1458 14.1 8.7 70 5.3 10.9 238 36 300.9 302.4 290.5 325.6 8.35 5 800 1967 10.6 6.4 75 4.2 8.2 241 36 302.4 303.8 290.3 325.0 7.56 6 750 2501 7.1 2.4 72 4.7 4.5 240 33 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.6 6.06 7 700 3065 3.6 -1.3 70 4.9 1.1 233 32 306.5 307.4 289.3 321.7 4.96 8 650 3663 0.1 -5.0 68 5.1 -2.3 232 30 309.0 309.8 289.3 321.7 4.04 9 600 4300 -3.6 -9.5 63 5.9 -6.0 242 30 312.0 312.6 289.3 321.9 3.10 10 550 4983 -7.6 -11.5 74 3.9 -9.1 242 35 315.0 315.6 290.1 324.4 2.89 11 500 5719 -12.1 -13.8 87 1.7 -12.7 236 43 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.0 2.63 12 450 6516 -17.1 -18.4 90 1.3 -17.5 233 47 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.99 13 400 7389 -23.2 -25.8 79 2.6 -23.8 227 46 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.17 14 350 8351 -30.7 -37.5 51 6.8 -31.6 225 43 327.4 327.5 291.4 329.0 0.43 15 300 9423 -40.3 -45.3 59 5.0 -40.7 231 45 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.22 16 250 10634 -51.7 -54.1 75 2.4 -51.8 243 52 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 17 200 12054 -55.2 -72.9 9 17.7 -55.5 261 59 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.01 18 150 13879 -58.3 -82.3 3 24.1 -58.5 244 62 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16387 -64.4 -87.3 3 22.9 -64.6 251 32 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.55 m Freezing level: 649.26 mb = 3672.52 m = 12048.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3259.70 m = 10694.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.00 mb = 347.78 m = 1141.00 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.70 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1510.11 m = 4954.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 29.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 251.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.73 mb = 965.57 m = 3167.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.73 mb = 2329.44 m = 7642.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.73 mb = 10743.89 m = 35248.55 ft B at Equ Level: 247.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.73 mb = 11874.40 m = 38957.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.0 neg: -25.4 tot: 173.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 5.69 Bulk Shear: 44.19 m/s