MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.91,-87.45 Latitude: 37.91 Longitude: -87.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 998 119 21.6 16.7 74 4.9 18.4 202 9 295.0 297.1 291.6 329.6 12.08 2 950 545 22.8 13.4 55 9.4 16.7 221 25 300.3 302.2 291.8 330.3 10.20 3 900 1014 19.2 11.6 61 7.6 14.4 238 30 301.3 303.1 291.6 329.6 9.57 4 850 1502 15.3 10.6 74 4.6 12.4 243 30 302.1 303.9 291.8 330.3 9.51 5 800 2013 10.4 9.5 94 0.9 9.9 248 28 302.2 304.0 291.7 330.1 9.39 6 750 2547 7.5 3.1 74 4.4 5.1 250 25 304.7 305.9 290.0 324.1 6.40 7 700 3116 7.6 -5.5 39 13.1 1.4 250 22 310.9 311.6 289.5 322.4 3.63 8 650 3721 3.2 -5.4 53 8.5 -0.9 246 25 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.0 3.94 9 600 4365 -1.2 -11.8 44 10.6 -5.4 237 30 314.7 315.2 289.7 323.1 2.58 10 550 5052 -6.1 -17.4 40 11.3 -9.9 236 35 316.9 317.2 289.6 322.8 1.78 11 500 5790 -11.9 -22.6 41 10.7 -14.9 238 37 318.5 318.8 289.6 322.8 1.25 12 450 6586 -16.9 -38.0 14 21.1 -20.5 243 37 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.32 13 400 7461 -21.7 -41.5 15 19.8 -24.5 251 38 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.25 14 350 8430 -28.7 -42.0 27 13.2 -30.3 249 42 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.27 15 300 9511 -37.9 -47.7 35 9.9 -38.6 260 48 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.17 16 250 10739 -48.0 -54.4 48 6.4 -48.2 264 66 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.09 17 200 12185 -53.0 -69.8 11 16.8 -53.3 261 75 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14008 -62.1 -83.1 4 21.0 -62.2 260 67 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16461 -68.8 -87.3 5 18.5 -68.9 251 31 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.55 m Freezing level: 613.89 mb = 4185.84 m = 13732.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.80 mb = 3488.22 m = 11444.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.10 mb = 747.26 m = 2451.61 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1918.75 m = 6295.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 24.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.11 mb = 1570.66 m = 5153.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 528.11 mb = 5366.39 m = 17606.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.11 mb = 6784.47 m = 22258.50 ft B at Equ Level: 43.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 378.11 mb = 7869.12 m = 25817.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.7 neg: -8.8 tot: 127.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 24.42 m/s