MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.19,-84.76 Latitude: 42.19 Longitude: -84.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 309 22.0 17.0 73 5.0 18.6 239 8 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.4 12.66 2 950 487 20.2 15.8 76 4.4 17.3 230 17 297.7 299.9 292.3 332.4 11.95 3 900 951 17.0 13.8 81 3.2 14.9 219 24 299.0 301.1 292.1 331.4 11.08 4 850 1437 13.6 12.3 92 1.4 12.7 214 27 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.6 10.60 5 800 1946 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.4 220 31 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.9 9.95 6 750 2482 6.9 6.8 99 0.1 6.8 232 34 304.1 305.6 291.4 328.9 8.28 7 700 3045 3.7 -1.2 70 4.9 1.3 240 38 306.6 307.5 289.3 322.0 5.00 8 650 3643 -0.2 -4.0 76 3.8 -2.0 243 41 308.8 309.6 289.5 322.5 4.39 9 600 4280 -3.4 -10.0 60 6.6 -6.1 246 42 312.2 312.8 289.3 321.7 2.97 10 550 4962 -7.7 -12.7 67 5.0 -9.6 247 42 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.5 2.62 11 500 5697 -12.6 -16.5 72 3.9 -13.9 245 42 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.6 2.10 12 450 6493 -18.0 -21.4 75 3.4 -18.9 240 44 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.9 1.54 13 400 7362 -24.1 -26.9 77 2.8 -24.6 236 52 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.4 1.06 14 350 8323 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.3 227 58 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.62 15 300 9395 -40.0 -43.7 68 3.7 -40.3 224 66 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.26 16 250 10610 -50.5 -55.4 56 4.9 -50.7 231 82 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.08 17 200 12043 -54.7 -69.8 14 15.1 -54.9 254 70 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13869 -58.2 -82.2 3 24.0 -58.4 240 62 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16378 -64.5 -87.5 3 23.0 -64.6 250 38 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.98 m Freezing level: 652.05 mb = 3618.29 m = 11870.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.60 mb = 3271.76 m = 10733.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.45 mb = 937.53 m = 3075.86 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 9.95 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1471.64 m = 4828.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 525.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.71 mb = 1232.41 m = 4043.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.71 mb = 1990.47 m = 6530.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.71 mb = 10721.62 m = 35175.50 ft B at Equ Level: 520.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.71 mb = 12513.94 m = 41055.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 10.39 Bulk Shear: 50.61 m/s