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: 40.00,-85.96 Latitude: 40.00 Longitude: -85.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 980 247 21.1 18.9 87 2.2 19.6 244 14 296.0 298.5 293.5 336.6 14.14 2 950 515 19.4 17.4 88 2.0 18.1 235 26 296.8 299.3 293.1 335.3 13.29 3 900 980 16.9 15.0 88 2.0 15.7 234 29 299.0 301.2 292.7 333.9 11.98 4 850 1466 14.0 11.5 85 2.5 12.4 237 29 300.8 302.7 291.9 330.6 10.09 5 800 1975 10.7 8.1 84 2.5 9.2 243 28 302.5 304.1 291.1 327.9 8.52 6 750 2511 7.0 5.3 89 1.8 6.0 245 29 304.2 305.6 290.7 326.6 7.44 7 700 3074 3.1 2.3 94 0.9 2.7 241 29 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.6 6.46 8 650 3673 0.1 -0.7 94 0.8 -0.3 231 31 309.0 310.1 290.6 326.3 5.58 9 600 4310 -3.5 -3.9 97 0.3 -3.7 225 33 312.0 313.0 290.9 327.1 4.79 10 550 4994 -7.0 -7.7 95 0.6 -7.3 224 36 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.3 3.91 11 500 5733 -11.2 -11.9 94 0.7 -11.5 227 36 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.5 3.07 12 450 6533 -16.4 -17.8 89 1.4 -16.9 230 38 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.7 2.09 13 400 7408 -22.7 -24.9 82 2.2 -23.2 237 43 325.5 325.8 291.7 330.0 1.27 14 350 8372 -30.1 -32.8 77 2.8 -30.5 237 47 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.69 15 300 9448 -39.3 -42.4 72 3.1 -39.6 238 53 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 16 250 10666 -50.4 -53.2 73 2.7 -50.5 239 61 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 17 200 12090 -55.4 -66.9 23 11.5 -55.6 254 89 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13929 -58.9 -81.8 4 22.9 -59.1 241 56 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16414 -65.3 -87.2 3 21.9 -65.4 249 38 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.90 m Freezing level: 649.01 mb = 3685.16 m = 12090.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3603.92 m = 11823.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.77 mb = 526.59 m = 1727.62 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1228.73 m = 4031.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 760.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.88 mb = 961.73 m = 3155.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.88 mb = 1697.38 m = 5568.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.88 mb = 11010.04 m = 36121.75 ft B at Equ Level: 759.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.88 mb = 13247.46 m = 43462.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: -4.9 tot: 41.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 93.70 Bulk Shear: 8.12 m/s