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: 42.21,-83.6 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -83.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 979 231 26.0 13.6 46 12.4 17.9 201 12 301.0 302.9 291.9 330.8 10.07 2 950 489 23.6 12.8 51 10.8 16.7 205 21 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.1 9.83 3 900 958 19.1 11.9 63 7.2 14.5 207 24 301.2 303.0 291.7 329.9 9.75 4 850 1446 14.8 10.7 76 4.1 12.3 215 26 301.7 303.4 291.7 329.9 9.54 5 800 1955 10.6 8.6 87 2.0 9.4 229 29 302.5 304.1 291.3 328.7 8.81 6 750 2490 6.8 6.1 95 0.8 6.4 242 32 304.0 305.4 291.0 327.6 7.87 7 700 3055 4.3 -1.1 68 5.4 1.6 246 38 307.3 308.2 289.6 322.8 5.04 8 650 3654 0.7 -5.7 62 6.4 -2.2 246 40 309.7 310.4 289.3 321.8 3.85 9 600 4292 -2.9 -13.5 44 10.6 -6.9 247 41 312.8 313.2 288.8 320.1 2.25 10 550 4975 -7.4 -16.8 47 9.4 -10.6 246 42 315.3 315.7 289.2 321.5 1.86 11 500 5711 -12.3 -26.3 30 14.0 -15.7 244 45 318.1 318.3 289.1 321.2 0.89 12 450 6506 -17.7 -34.8 21 17.1 -20.7 240 47 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.6 0.44 13 400 7377 -23.5 -39.6 21 16.0 -25.8 244 47 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.5 0.31 14 350 8337 -30.9 -36.6 57 5.7 -31.7 243 51 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.8 0.47 15 300 9410 -39.8 -43.0 72 3.2 -40.1 238 54 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.29 16 250 10627 -49.8 -56.0 48 6.1 -50.0 248 76 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 17 200 12057 -56.0 -67.0 24 11.0 -56.2 257 64 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13876 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.2 -58.9 245 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16380 -64.7 -87.3 3 22.6 -64.9 255 36 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.70 m Freezing level: 640.66 mb = 3773.11 m = 12378.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.97 mb = 3301.22 m = 10830.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.05 mb = 1788.19 m = 5866.69 ft T: 11.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.66 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2032.45 m = 6668.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.10 mb = 1849.65 m = 6068.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.10 mb = 2325.00 m = 7627.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 335.10 mb = 8640.21 m = 28346.80 ft B at Equ Level: 139.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.10 mb = 11299.60 m = 37071.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 2.10 Bulk Shear: 66.79 m/s