MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.65,-86.5 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 247 25.4 16.5 58 8.9 19.4 211 12 300.3 302.5 293.3 335.7 12.10 2 950 519 21.4 15.2 68 6.2 17.3 217 18 298.9 301.0 292.3 332.4 11.47 3 900 985 18.1 13.6 75 4.5 15.2 227 26 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.4 10.97 4 850 1473 14.6 12.7 88 1.9 13.4 231 29 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.7 10.93 5 800 1982 10.6 10.2 97 0.4 10.4 230 29 302.5 304.3 292.2 331.7 9.85 6 750 2518 8.6 4.3 75 4.2 6.2 235 31 305.9 307.2 290.9 327.0 6.98 7 700 3088 7.0 -0.5 59 7.5 3.1 240 31 310.3 311.3 290.7 326.7 5.28 8 650 3691 1.7 -2.1 76 3.7 -0.2 242 34 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.7 5.06 9 600 4331 -3.0 -6.8 75 3.8 -4.7 243 37 312.6 313.3 290.2 324.8 3.83 10 550 5015 -6.8 -12.3 65 5.4 -8.9 244 40 316.0 316.5 290.2 324.9 2.71 11 500 5753 -11.6 -17.5 62 5.9 -13.5 243 42 318.9 319.2 290.4 325.3 1.93 12 450 6551 -16.8 -23.8 54 7.0 -18.6 244 44 322.1 322.3 290.7 326.4 1.24 13 400 7425 -22.7 -26.2 73 3.5 -23.5 250 48 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.4 1.13 14 350 8389 -30.1 -34.9 63 4.8 -30.9 246 51 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.56 15 300 9466 -39.0 -43.7 61 4.7 -39.4 246 54 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.27 16 250 10687 -49.3 -51.5 78 2.2 -49.4 254 65 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 17 200 12123 -54.0 -59.8 49 5.8 -54.1 257 77 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 13951 -59.0 -78.9 6 19.9 -59.2 250 67 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16432 -67.6 -87.1 5 19.5 -67.7 246 38 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.96 m Freezing level: 632.06 mb = 3920.73 m = 12863.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.80 mb = 3656.29 m = 11995.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.05 mb = 1372.24 m = 4502.06 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 8.93 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1701.75 m = 5583.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 31.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 305.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.85 mb = 1433.98 m = 4704.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.85 mb = 1994.41 m = 6543.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.85 mb = 2204.94 m = 7233.98 ft B at Equ Level: 4.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 738.85 mb = 2641.96 m = 8667.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 111.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 40.86 m/s