MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.82,-86.85 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -86.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 986 194 19.9 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 174 4 294.2 296.8 293.1 335.0 14.29 2 950 517 19.2 17.9 92 1.3 18.4 199 18 296.7 299.2 293.4 336.3 13.72 3 900 982 17.0 15.0 88 2.0 15.7 203 29 299.0 301.2 292.8 333.9 11.97 4 850 1468 14.3 11.7 84 2.6 12.6 207 33 301.1 303.0 292.0 331.1 10.19 5 800 1978 10.9 9.1 89 1.8 9.8 203 34 302.7 304.4 291.6 329.8 9.10 6 750 2513 7.2 6.8 98 0.4 7.0 205 31 304.4 305.9 291.5 329.4 8.32 7 700 3079 4.3 1.9 84 2.4 3.0 211 28 307.3 308.4 290.7 326.5 6.28 8 650 3679 0.9 -2.1 80 3.1 -0.6 211 30 310.0 311.0 290.5 325.7 5.04 9 600 4319 -2.5 -6.2 76 3.7 -4.2 213 38 313.2 313.9 290.5 325.9 4.00 10 550 5003 -7.1 -9.3 85 2.2 -8.0 218 45 315.7 316.3 290.8 326.8 3.45 11 500 5740 -11.8 -14.7 79 2.9 -12.8 222 48 318.7 319.2 290.8 326.8 2.45 12 450 6539 -16.4 -21.1 67 4.7 -17.7 227 47 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.0 1.57 13 400 7416 -21.9 -25.6 72 3.8 -22.8 242 50 326.5 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.18 14 350 8383 -29.3 -32.8 72 3.5 -29.9 247 52 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.69 15 300 9462 -38.5 -44.0 56 5.5 -39.0 246 51 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.26 16 250 10685 -49.4 -55.0 52 5.6 -49.6 244 48 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.09 17 200 12111 -55.6 -68.6 18 13.0 -55.8 256 69 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 13938 -58.7 -84.2 2 25.5 -58.9 250 63 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16429 -66.5 -87.4 4 20.8 -66.7 253 37 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.03 m Freezing level: 636.62 mb = 3849.97 m = 12630.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.92 mb = 3580.62 m = 11747.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.58 mb = 287.30 m = 942.58 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.58 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1149.58 m = 3771.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.30 mb = 836.98 m = 2745.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.30 mb = 1767.14 m = 5797.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.30 mb = 10937.53 m = 35883.85 ft B at Equ Level: 646.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.30 mb = 13131.86 m = 43083.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.8 neg: -20.7 tot: 128.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 11.21 Bulk Shear: 57.83 m/s