MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.65,-87.44 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -87.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 988 180 25.9 16.3 55 9.7 19.4 211 12 300.1 302.3 293.0 334.9 11.85 2 950 522 21.5 14.8 66 6.7 17.1 218 19 299.0 301.0 292.2 331.6 11.19 3 900 989 18.7 13.5 72 5.2 15.3 231 24 300.8 302.7 292.4 332.7 10.87 4 850 1477 15.0 11.5 79 3.5 12.7 236 21 301.8 303.7 292.2 331.5 10.05 5 800 1987 10.8 8.8 87 2.1 9.6 238 21 302.7 304.3 291.5 329.2 8.90 6 750 2523 8.4 2.6 67 5.8 5.2 238 27 305.7 306.9 290.1 324.5 6.17 7 700 3092 6.7 -1.5 56 8.2 2.5 238 33 309.9 310.8 290.3 325.1 4.89 8 650 3695 1.7 -2.4 75 4.0 -0.3 243 38 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.3 4.95 9 600 4334 -3.1 -6.9 75 3.8 -4.8 246 42 312.5 313.2 290.2 324.6 3.80 10 550 5018 -7.0 -13.9 58 6.9 -9.5 246 44 315.8 316.3 289.9 323.6 2.38 11 500 5755 -11.7 -18.8 55 7.1 -13.9 242 46 318.8 319.2 290.2 324.7 1.73 12 450 6553 -17.1 -23.8 56 6.6 -18.8 241 48 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.0 1.25 13 400 7426 -22.6 -31.6 44 9.0 -24.3 244 51 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.68 14 350 8391 -30.0 -39.6 39 9.5 -31.2 241 54 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.35 15 300 9467 -39.1 -49.2 34 10.1 -39.8 245 56 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.14 16 250 10688 -49.4 -52.6 69 3.2 -49.5 257 74 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.12 17 200 12126 -53.8 -68.8 14 15.0 -54.1 257 81 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13953 -59.3 -83.0 3 23.7 -59.5 250 67 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16432 -67.5 -87.1 5 19.6 -67.6 247 39 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.89 m Freezing level: 632.63 mb = 3916.90 m = 12850.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.90 mb = 3621.32 m = 11880.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.71 mb = 1399.95 m = 4592.95 ft T: 15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 8.23 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.82 mb = 1781.31 m = 5844.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 281.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.55 mb = 1481.54 m = 4860.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.55 mb = 3638.06 m = 11935.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.55 mb = 10309.18 m = 33822.35 ft B at Equ Level: 279.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.55 mb = 11981.25 m = 39308.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.1 neg: -13.4 tot: 101.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 45.87 m/s