MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.16,-87.77 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -87.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 992 133 23.6 20.5 83 3.1 21.5 166 5 297.5 300.3 294.9 342.5 15.52 2 950 507 22.3 16.5 70 5.8 18.4 191 19 299.8 302.1 293.4 336.5 12.55 3 900 975 18.7 14.4 76 4.3 15.8 194 27 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.7 11.52 4 850 1463 14.9 11.2 79 3.7 12.6 197 30 301.7 303.5 292.0 330.9 9.87 5 800 1974 11.5 9.0 85 2.4 10.0 201 31 303.4 305.1 291.8 330.4 9.06 6 750 2510 7.7 5.7 87 2.0 6.5 201 29 304.9 306.3 291.2 328.0 7.67 7 700 3077 6.1 -2.8 53 8.9 1.7 202 27 309.2 310.0 289.7 323.0 4.43 8 650 3681 3.1 -5.6 53 8.8 -1.0 205 31 312.5 313.2 290.2 324.8 3.86 9 600 4325 -1.2 -5.8 71 4.7 -3.3 213 36 314.8 315.5 291.1 327.9 4.13 10 550 5013 -6.3 -9.8 76 3.5 -7.8 221 40 316.6 317.2 290.9 327.3 3.31 11 500 5750 -11.8 -16.9 66 5.1 -13.5 227 44 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.4 2.04 12 450 6547 -16.6 -27.1 40 10.5 -19.0 229 47 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.7 0.92 13 400 7424 -21.5 -40.3 17 18.8 -24.2 234 55 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.29 14 350 8392 -29.4 -44.6 21 15.2 -31.0 236 59 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.21 15 300 9471 -38.3 -47.9 36 9.6 -39.0 237 64 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.17 16 250 10697 -48.5 -52.7 62 4.1 -48.7 245 57 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12130 -54.9 -67.3 20 12.3 -55.2 251 67 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13957 -57.6 -84.2 2 26.6 -57.8 242 64 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16443 -66.9 -87.7 4 20.7 -67.1 255 37 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.71 m Freezing level: 613.66 mb = 4149.01 m = 13612.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.51 mb = 3452.09 m = 11325.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.58 mb = 528.78 m = 1734.83 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 19.47 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1425.53 m = 4676.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 28.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 774.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.20 mb = 1184.06 m = 3884.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.20 mb = 1732.75 m = 5684.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.20 mb = 11143.85 m = 36560.75 ft B at Equ Level: 766.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.20 mb = 13421.25 m = 44032.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.1 neg: -11.1 tot: 133.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 15.67 Bulk Shear: 49.45 m/s