MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.73,-86.19 Latitude: 39.73 Longitude: -86.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 979 239 26.9 15.6 50 11.3 19.3 207 15 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.7 11.47 2 950 504 22.9 14.4 59 8.5 17.3 207 22 300.4 302.4 292.4 332.6 10.94 3 900 971 18.6 13.2 71 5.4 15.1 214 25 300.7 302.6 292.3 332.1 10.67 4 850 1459 15.0 11.7 80 3.4 12.9 226 28 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.1 10.19 5 800 1970 10.7 10.0 96 0.6 10.3 226 27 302.5 304.3 292.1 331.4 9.71 6 750 2506 8.7 3.7 71 5.0 5.9 229 28 306.1 307.3 290.7 326.4 6.68 7 700 3075 7.1 -2.4 51 9.5 2.3 236 30 310.3 311.2 290.2 324.6 4.57 8 650 3679 1.8 -4.3 64 6.1 -1.2 245 32 310.9 311.8 290.1 324.4 4.28 9 600 4319 -2.9 -9.8 59 6.9 -5.8 245 34 312.7 313.3 289.5 322.5 3.03 10 550 5003 -7.0 -20.1 34 13.1 -11.1 240 37 315.8 316.0 288.9 320.5 1.40 11 500 5739 -12.0 -28.1 25 16.0 -15.9 237 41 318.4 318.5 289.0 321.0 0.76 12 450 6535 -17.4 -34.1 22 16.7 -20.5 236 42 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.1 0.48 13 400 7408 -22.5 -30.8 47 8.3 -24.1 240 45 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.4 0.73 14 350 8374 -29.5 -51.5 10 22.0 -31.3 241 50 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.09 15 300 9452 -38.7 -49.7 30 11.0 -39.4 245 51 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.14 16 250 10675 -48.5 -54.2 52 5.7 -48.7 259 71 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12116 -54.8 -67.1 21 12.2 -55.1 255 80 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13931 -59.8 -82.4 4 22.6 -60.0 249 69 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16408 -67.6 -87.1 5 19.5 -67.7 240 37 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.28 m Freezing level: 631.30 mb = 3918.19 m = 12854.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3472.88 m = 11393.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.80 mb = 1651.76 m = 5419.08 ft T: 13.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1817.01 m = 5961.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 29.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.11 mb = 1628.41 m = 5342.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.11 mb = 3578.08 m = 11738.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.11 mb = 9723.26 m = 31900.07 ft B at Equ Level: 267.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.11 mb = 11859.80 m = 38909.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 108.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 8.09 Bulk Shear: 33.19 m/s