MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.30,-84.75 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -84.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 982 233 24.7 15.6 57 9.2 18.7 212 9 299.4 301.5 292.4 332.8 11.41 2 950 525 22.5 14.7 61 7.8 17.4 213 19 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.7 11.14 3 900 993 18.7 12.5 67 6.2 14.7 221 25 300.8 302.6 291.9 330.7 10.16 4 850 1481 14.5 10.9 79 3.6 12.3 230 29 301.4 303.1 291.7 330.0 9.69 5 800 1990 10.2 9.7 97 0.5 9.9 237 31 302.0 303.7 291.7 330.1 9.49 6 750 2525 6.9 5.9 93 1.0 6.3 241 31 304.0 305.5 291.0 327.4 7.79 7 700 3091 6.7 -3.7 47 10.4 1.6 249 25 309.9 310.7 289.6 322.9 4.16 8 650 3695 2.6 -7.7 47 10.3 -2.0 250 27 311.9 312.6 289.5 322.5 3.30 9 600 4337 -1.9 -14.3 38 12.4 -6.5 244 33 314.0 314.4 289.0 320.9 2.11 10 550 5022 -6.5 -20.1 33 13.6 -10.7 239 39 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.2 1.41 11 500 5760 -11.8 -25.3 32 13.5 -15.3 239 40 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.0 0.98 12 450 6557 -16.5 -38.3 13 21.8 -20.1 238 37 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.7 0.31 13 400 7432 -21.9 -35.9 27 14.1 -24.2 237 38 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.2 0.45 14 350 8400 -29.5 -50.2 12 20.6 -31.3 239 49 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.11 15 300 9477 -38.7 -47.6 39 8.9 -39.3 241 53 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.17 16 250 10702 -48.4 -53.5 55 5.1 -48.6 251 68 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 17 200 12136 -55.6 -65.9 27 10.3 -55.8 256 82 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13956 -60.5 -81.8 5 21.3 -60.7 251 69 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16433 -66.7 -87.4 4 20.6 -66.8 249 35 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.01 m Freezing level: 620.73 mb = 4070.70 m = 13355.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.37 mb = 3358.85 m = 11019.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.94 mb = 1391.43 m = 4565.01 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 9.23 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.53 mb = 1787.29 m = 5863.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 26.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.10 mb = 1609.09 m = 5279.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.10 mb = 1967.84 m = 6456.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.10 mb = 2835.87 m = 9303.91 ft B at Equ Level: 18.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 682.10 mb = 3302.06 m = 10833.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.7 neg: -6.2 tot: 131.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 37.70 m/s