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: 40.93,-86.54 Latitude: 40.93 Longitude: -86.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 980 225 22.6 18.7 79 3.9 19.9 216 14 297.5 300.0 293.8 337.9 13.98 2 950 492 20.7 16.7 78 4.0 18.0 218 28 298.2 300.5 293.0 335.0 12.67 3 900 957 17.1 15.2 88 1.9 15.8 218 30 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.6 12.14 4 850 1443 13.8 12.9 94 1.0 13.2 218 30 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.1 11.04 5 800 1952 10.7 10.4 98 0.3 10.5 224 28 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.0 9.95 6 750 2488 7.2 6.2 93 1.1 6.6 234 30 304.4 305.9 291.2 328.3 7.94 7 700 3053 4.3 -1.6 66 5.8 1.3 246 33 307.2 308.1 289.4 322.2 4.87 8 650 3652 0.1 -3.5 77 3.6 -1.6 251 35 309.1 310.0 289.8 323.3 4.54 9 600 4289 -3.8 -7.2 77 3.4 -5.3 254 37 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.6 3.71 10 550 4971 -7.8 -11.8 73 4.0 -9.4 253 39 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.0 2.82 11 500 5707 -12.2 -14.4 84 2.2 -13.0 247 40 318.2 318.6 290.7 326.5 2.51 12 450 6504 -17.1 -18.6 88 1.5 -17.6 237 41 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.95 13 400 7377 -23.0 -25.1 82 2.2 -23.5 224 51 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.5 1.24 14 350 8341 -30.3 -33.1 77 2.7 -30.7 222 56 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.67 15 300 9415 -39.6 -42.7 72 3.2 -39.8 224 68 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.29 16 250 10631 -50.7 -54.4 65 3.7 -50.8 230 79 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.09 17 200 12054 -56.1 -66.2 27 10.1 -56.3 249 88 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13886 -57.7 -82.3 3 24.6 -58.0 239 60 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16394 -63.9 -87.3 3 23.4 -64.1 253 40 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.60 m Freezing level: 648.41 mb = 3671.91 m = 12046.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.39 mb = 3318.22 m = 10886.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.58 mb = 715.70 m = 2348.07 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 15.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1244.12 m = 4081.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.26 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 937.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.80 mb = 1063.46 m = 3488.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.80 mb = 1504.64 m = 4936.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.80 mb = 11337.38 m = 37195.69 ft B at Equ Level: 917.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.80 mb = 13727.19 m = 45036.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 140.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 32.86 Bulk Shear: 28.52 m/s