MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F001.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F001.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: 1 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.39,-87.14 Latitude: 39.39 Longitude: -87.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 987 187 23.6 17.9 70 5.7 19.7 197 10 297.9 300.3 293.3 336.1 13.18 2 950 519 20.8 15.2 70 5.6 17.1 215 19 298.3 300.4 292.2 331.8 11.52 3 900 986 18.7 13.4 71 5.4 15.3 230 27 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.5 10.77 4 850 1474 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 232 27 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.3 11.08 5 800 1984 10.7 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 230 26 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.1 9.98 6 750 2520 8.4 4.9 78 3.6 6.4 234 29 305.7 307.1 291.0 327.6 7.24 7 700 3089 7.1 -0.1 60 7.2 3.3 238 30 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.2 5.43 8 650 3693 2.0 -2.3 74 4.2 -0.2 242 33 311.2 312.1 290.8 326.8 4.98 9 600 4333 -2.7 -8.6 64 5.9 -5.2 244 38 313.0 313.7 289.9 323.7 3.33 10 550 5018 -6.5 -17.2 42 10.8 -10.1 244 42 316.4 316.8 289.5 322.4 1.80 11 500 5756 -11.3 -24.9 31 13.6 -14.9 242 45 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.8 1.01 12 450 6555 -16.6 -30.4 29 13.9 -19.5 242 47 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.8 0.68 13 400 7429 -22.5 -27.3 65 4.8 -23.6 249 49 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.3 1.02 14 350 8394 -30.0 -37.4 49 7.4 -31.0 244 52 328.3 328.4 291.7 329.9 0.44 15 300 9471 -38.9 -45.1 52 6.1 -39.4 246 53 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.23 16 250 10693 -49.2 -52.5 68 3.3 -49.3 256 67 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12129 -54.2 -61.5 40 7.4 -54.4 258 79 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 13955 -59.2 -82.9 3 23.6 -59.4 251 66 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16435 -67.4 -87.2 4 19.8 -67.5 248 36 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.00 m Freezing level: 628.86 mb = 3963.68 m = 13004.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.26 mb = 3664.81 m = 12023.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.81 mb = 911.08 m = 2989.07 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1667.46 m = 5470.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.64 mb = 1337.84 m = 4389.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.64 mb = 1998.14 m = 6555.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.64 mb = 2315.92 m = 7598.07 ft B at Equ Level: 12.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.64 mb = 2987.80 m = 9802.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 125.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 5.30 Bulk Shear: 48.23 m/s