MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.87,-85.41 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -85.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 974 274 23.2 16.2 65 7.0 18.5 228 9 298.6 300.8 292.6 333.4 11.95 2 950 488 21.0 15.2 69 5.8 17.1 225 15 298.5 300.6 292.2 331.9 11.49 3 900 953 17.4 13.5 78 3.9 14.8 215 22 299.4 301.4 292.0 331.1 10.84 4 850 1439 14.1 12.4 90 1.7 13.0 219 27 300.9 302.9 292.4 332.5 10.71 5 800 1949 11.0 10.5 97 0.5 10.6 230 31 302.8 304.7 292.4 332.5 9.98 6 750 2485 7.1 6.4 95 0.7 6.7 236 36 304.3 305.8 291.3 328.5 8.06 7 700 3049 4.5 -4.2 53 8.7 0.4 242 42 307.4 308.2 288.7 319.9 4.00 8 650 3648 0.4 -7.1 57 7.5 -2.9 243 45 309.4 310.0 288.8 320.2 3.44 9 600 4285 -3.3 -11.2 54 7.9 -6.4 245 46 312.3 312.8 289.0 321.1 2.71 10 550 4968 -7.8 -13.6 63 5.7 -9.9 245 46 314.8 315.3 289.6 322.8 2.44 11 500 5702 -12.9 -18.4 63 5.5 -14.6 243 47 317.3 317.6 289.8 323.3 1.79 12 450 6496 -18.2 -24.0 61 5.7 -19.7 239 48 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.6 1.23 13 400 7365 -24.5 -28.6 68 4.2 -25.3 241 54 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.4 0.90 14 350 8323 -31.1 -32.7 85 1.6 -31.3 234 64 326.8 327.0 291.5 329.3 0.70 15 300 9396 -39.9 -44.1 64 4.2 -40.2 226 71 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.25 16 250 10613 -49.7 -56.0 47 6.3 -50.0 243 87 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08 17 200 12047 -54.6 -69.8 14 15.3 -54.8 255 71 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13875 -58.3 -82.0 3 23.7 -58.6 239 63 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16383 -64.5 -87.4 3 22.9 -64.7 254 39 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.73 m Freezing level: 644.90 mb = 3712.97 m = 12181.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.34 mb = 3114.65 m = 10218.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.30 mb = 1160.41 m = 3807.06 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.63 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1676.12 m = 5499.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.49 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 469.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.48 mb = 1344.72 m = 4411.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.48 mb = 2218.08 m = 7277.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.48 mb = 10236.88 m = 33585.15 ft B at Equ Level: 467.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.48 mb = 12224.88 m = 40107.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 6.07 Bulk Shear: 77.26 m/s