MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F000.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: RUC analysis for 0900Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.73,-86.69 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -86.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 984 181 18.2 13.4 74 4.8 15.2 183 22 292.7 294.4 289.0 320.7 9.85 2 950 482 19.3 10.2 55 9.1 13.7 209 35 296.8 298.3 288.9 320.7 8.23 3 900 948 19.2 8.9 51 10.3 13.0 232 37 301.3 302.8 290.2 324.9 7.96 4 850 1436 15.4 9.2 66 6.3 11.6 242 33 302.3 303.9 291.1 327.9 8.60 5 800 1946 10.9 8.9 88 2.0 9.7 252 27 302.7 304.4 291.6 329.5 8.98 6 750 2481 7.1 5.8 91 1.3 6.3 248 23 304.3 305.7 291.0 327.5 7.72 7 700 3047 4.5 1.7 81 2.9 3.0 232 24 307.5 308.7 290.7 326.4 6.17 8 650 3648 1.3 -1.2 83 2.5 0.0 229 31 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.2 5.39 9 600 4287 -3.6 -7.1 76 3.5 -5.1 233 39 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.8 3.73 10 550 4968 -8.0 -16.0 53 8.0 -10.7 236 43 314.6 315.0 289.1 321.2 2.00 11 500 5703 -12.4 -20.8 50 8.4 -14.9 236 44 317.9 318.2 289.6 322.9 1.46 12 450 6498 -17.5 -30.4 32 12.9 -20.2 235 44 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.6 0.68 13 400 7369 -23.8 -37.8 26 14.1 -25.8 236 44 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.5 0.37 14 350 8329 -31.0 -36.8 57 5.8 -31.7 242 43 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.47 15 300 9403 -39.0 -43.3 64 4.3 -39.4 239 45 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.28 16 250 10623 -49.7 -55.0 53 5.4 -49.8 241 54 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 17 200 12057 -55.4 -66.3 25 10.9 -55.6 239 63 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 13888 -58.2 -69.3 23 11.1 -58.4 246 48 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.02 19 100 16373 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.7 248 35 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.03 m Freezing level: 636.73 mb = 3817.22 m = 12523.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.81 mb = 3650.08 m = 11975.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.31 mb = 792.91 m = 2601.38 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.04 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.12 mb = 2534.91 m = 8316.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.08 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6876.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.14 mb = 1757.59 m = 5766.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.6 neg: -11.2 tot: 226.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 36.28 m/s