MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.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: RUC analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.37,-88.37 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -88.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 986 172 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.6 207 6 292.6 294.7 290.3 325.2 11.47 2 950 489 17.9 14.7 82 3.2 15.9 231 22 295.4 297.4 291.0 327.5 11.17 3 900 951 15.9 13.8 87 2.1 14.6 258 25 297.9 299.9 291.7 330.2 11.10 4 850 1436 14.3 11.0 80 3.3 12.2 261 35 301.1 302.9 291.6 329.8 9.71 5 800 1947 12.1 9.2 82 2.9 10.3 248 40 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.4 9.14 6 750 2485 8.0 7.1 94 0.9 7.5 235 38 305.3 306.9 291.9 330.8 8.47 7 700 3051 4.6 3.4 92 1.1 3.9 228 38 307.5 308.9 291.4 329.0 7.02 8 650 3651 0.7 -2.6 78 3.3 -0.9 228 43 309.7 310.7 290.2 324.8 4.85 9 600 4288 -4.1 -9.5 66 5.5 -6.3 232 48 311.4 312.0 289.2 321.3 3.10 10 550 4969 -8.3 -16.1 54 7.7 -10.9 236 51 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.7 1.98 11 500 5703 -12.6 -21.6 47 9.0 -15.2 240 54 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.2 1.36 12 450 6498 -17.8 -25.8 49 8.0 -19.7 241 53 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.03 13 400 7367 -24.1 -32.1 47 8.0 -25.5 241 51 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.0 0.65 14 350 8327 -30.8 -37.6 51 6.8 -31.7 243 56 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.8 0.43 15 300 9402 -39.3 -45.0 55 5.7 -39.8 245 51 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.23 16 250 10619 -50.9 -56.3 52 5.5 -51.0 242 51 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 17 200 12041 -55.0 -61.5 45 6.5 -55.2 246 67 345.6 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 13887 -56.8 -80.1 4 23.4 -57.1 244 56 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16375 -67.8 -87.2 5 19.5 -67.9 244 38 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.17 m Freezing level: 642.77 mb = 3743.20 m = 12280.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.68 mb = 3531.30 m = 11585.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.41 mb = 494.09 m = 1621.00 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 10.67 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.39 mb = 1942.66 m = 6373.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.05 mb = 969.11 m = 3179.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.05 mb = 3861.32 m = 12668.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.05 mb = 7130.27 m = 23392.99 ft B at Equ Level: 86.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.05 mb = 9331.44 m = 30614.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.0 neg: -57.3 tot: 43.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 75.38 m/s