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: 39.70,-87.00 Latitude: 39.70 Longitude: -87.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 983 224 22.2 18.8 81 3.4 19.8 235 13 296.8 299.3 293.6 337.3 14.03 2 950 521 19.5 17.0 85 2.5 17.8 229 22 296.9 299.3 292.9 334.2 12.90 3 900 984 16.4 15.0 91 1.4 15.4 230 27 298.4 300.5 292.6 333.2 11.96 4 850 1470 14.2 13.1 93 1.1 13.5 233 30 301.0 303.1 292.8 333.9 11.19 5 800 1981 11.2 10.6 96 0.5 10.9 233 30 303.1 304.9 292.6 333.1 10.11 6 750 2518 8.2 6.1 86 2.1 7.0 238 33 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.4 7.91 7 700 3085 5.7 1.7 75 4.1 3.5 243 34 308.8 310.0 291.1 327.9 6.18 8 650 3687 0.5 -0.5 93 1.0 -0.0 244 36 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.1 5.67 9 600 4325 -3.5 -4.0 96 0.5 -3.7 244 38 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.1 4.76 10 550 5009 -7.0 -7.7 95 0.7 -7.4 242 39 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.88 11 500 5747 -11.1 -12.0 93 0.9 -11.5 240 40 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.5 3.04 12 450 6548 -16.1 -17.5 88 1.5 -16.6 241 41 323.0 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.14 13 400 7424 -22.5 -24.9 81 2.4 -23.0 244 48 325.8 326.1 291.8 330.3 1.27 14 350 8388 -30.3 -33.8 72 3.4 -30.9 244 48 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.2 0.63 15 300 9463 -39.3 -42.8 69 3.5 -39.6 244 52 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.29 16 250 10683 -49.6 -51.7 78 2.1 -49.7 252 66 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.13 17 200 12118 -53.7 -60.4 44 6.7 -53.9 256 79 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 13947 -59.3 -72.1 17 12.9 -59.5 248 68 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16429 -67.4 -87.1 4 19.7 -67.5 245 39 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.58 m Freezing level: 643.69 mb = 3767.34 m = 12359.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.54 mb = 3680.07 m = 12073.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.70 mb = 650.63 m = 2134.57 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1189.78 m = 3903.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.86 C = 76.74 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 34.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 548.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.84 mb = 957.27 m = 3140.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.84 mb = 2003.20 m = 6572.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.84 mb = 11003.71 m = 36100.97 ft B at Equ Level: 532.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.84 mb = 12864.45 m = 42205.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 108.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 20.00 Bulk Shear: 27.43 m/s