MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-83.77 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -83.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 977 257 20.2 16.6 80 3.6 17.8 243 10 295.3 297.5 291.9 330.5 12.25 2 950 500 19.8 15.7 77 4.2 17.1 223 24 297.3 299.4 292.2 331.7 11.86 3 900 964 16.6 13.9 84 2.7 14.9 220 29 298.6 300.6 292.0 331.2 11.18 4 850 1450 13.7 11.8 88 1.9 12.5 214 30 300.5 302.3 291.9 330.6 10.26 5 800 1958 10.2 9.3 94 0.9 9.7 213 31 302.0 303.7 291.5 329.4 9.23 6 750 2493 6.5 5.6 94 0.9 6.0 220 30 303.6 305.0 290.7 326.5 7.61 7 700 3056 3.0 1.0 87 2.0 2.0 230 28 305.8 306.9 289.9 323.7 5.87 8 650 3653 -0.1 -1.1 93 1.0 -0.6 234 27 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.7 5.45 9 600 4290 -3.5 -4.2 95 0.7 -3.8 237 27 312.1 313.0 290.8 326.8 4.68 10 550 4974 -7.6 -9.1 89 1.6 -8.2 238 27 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.3 3.48 11 500 5710 -12.0 -13.8 86 1.8 -12.6 235 29 318.5 319.0 290.9 327.2 2.63 12 450 6508 -17.1 -18.7 87 1.6 -17.6 227 33 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.94 13 400 7380 -23.2 -25.5 81 2.3 -23.7 227 46 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.20 14 350 8343 -30.5 -33.5 75 3.0 -31.0 228 48 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.0 0.65 15 300 9417 -39.9 -43.3 70 3.4 -40.2 232 55 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 16 250 10631 -51.1 -55.1 63 3.9 -51.3 239 69 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.09 17 200 12051 -56.2 -67.3 24 11.1 -56.4 253 76 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 13884 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 239 58 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16388 -64.5 -87.4 3 22.9 -64.7 249 37 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.17 m Freezing level: 651.28 mb = 3637.67 m = 11934.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.24 mb = 3514.85 m = 11531.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.58 mb = 714.24 m = 2343.28 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1480.41 m = 4856.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.73 mb = 1138.28 m = 3734.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.73 mb = 1992.15 m = 6535.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.73 mb = 10715.05 m = 35153.94 ft B at Equ Level: 334.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.73 mb = 12156.34 m = 39882.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: -7.0 tot: 59.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 59.69 Bulk Shear: 5.63 m/s