MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.21,-86.48 Latitude: 39.21 Longitude: -86.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 979 231 19.6 16.7 83 3.0 17.7 196 6 294.5 296.8 291.6 329.7 12.27 2 950 490 20.2 16.4 79 3.8 17.7 197 31 297.7 299.9 292.7 333.7 12.42 3 900 956 17.9 14.8 82 3.1 15.9 202 42 300.0 302.1 293.0 334.7 11.88 4 850 1443 14.5 12.6 88 1.9 13.3 202 46 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.3 10.84 5 800 1953 10.4 8.1 86 2.3 9.0 205 48 302.2 303.8 291.0 327.4 8.50 6 750 2487 6.9 1.1 66 5.8 3.9 207 48 304.1 305.1 289.0 320.9 5.54 7 700 3051 3.7 -1.3 70 5.0 1.2 207 47 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.9 4.97 8 650 3650 0.8 -2.0 82 2.8 -0.6 208 49 309.9 310.8 290.5 325.7 5.09 9 600 4290 -2.3 -2.9 96 0.5 -2.6 211 54 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.17 10 550 4976 -6.8 -7.3 96 0.5 -7.0 214 58 316.0 316.8 291.4 328.9 4.01 11 500 5714 -11.6 -12.4 94 0.8 -11.9 216 58 318.9 319.4 291.3 328.6 2.96 12 450 6513 -16.1 -17.4 90 1.3 -16.5 221 56 323.0 323.4 291.8 330.4 2.18 13 400 7391 -21.4 -24.2 78 2.8 -22.1 227 56 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.9 1.35 14 350 8361 -28.7 -32.5 70 3.8 -29.3 230 57 330.0 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.71 15 300 9443 -37.9 -42.7 61 4.8 -38.4 234 58 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.30 16 250 10668 -49.2 -53.3 62 4.1 -49.3 239 61 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12100 -53.2 -70.0 11 16.7 -53.5 251 79 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13939 -59.0 -81.6 4 22.6 -59.2 240 41 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16424 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.4 250 36 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.07 m Freezing level: 637.24 mb = 3813.15 m = 12510.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.10 mb = 3451.99 m = 11325.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.31 mb = 606.15 m = 1988.64 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1484.14 m = 4869.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.88 mb = 1110.33 m = 3642.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.88 mb = 1860.30 m = 6103.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.88 mb = 8383.27 m = 27503.82 ft B at Equ Level: 319.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.88 mb = 12136.38 m = 39817.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.3 neg: -5.9 tot: 290.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 77.48 m/s