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: 41.05,-85.09 Latitude: 41.05 Longitude: -85.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 244 26.4 14.1 47 12.4 18.3 207 13 301.4 303.4 292.3 332.1 10.37 2 950 503 22.3 12.8 55 9.6 16.2 207 18 299.9 301.6 291.3 328.6 9.79 3 900 970 18.4 11.1 62 7.3 13.8 217 20 300.5 302.2 291.1 327.8 9.25 4 850 1457 14.6 9.8 73 4.8 11.6 227 23 301.4 303.1 291.1 327.9 8.96 5 800 1967 10.7 8.9 89 1.8 9.6 238 27 302.5 304.2 291.5 329.1 8.96 6 750 2503 9.2 3.7 68 5.5 6.1 245 30 306.6 307.8 290.8 326.9 6.66 7 700 3073 6.8 -1.8 54 8.6 2.4 249 35 310.0 310.9 290.2 324.9 4.78 8 650 3676 1.7 -7.0 52 8.7 -2.2 249 40 310.8 311.5 289.3 321.8 3.47 9 600 4316 -2.7 -14.4 40 11.6 -7.0 250 43 313.0 313.4 288.6 319.8 2.09 10 550 5000 -6.9 -18.4 40 11.5 -10.6 248 45 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.3 1.63 11 500 5737 -11.8 -24.7 33 12.9 -15.2 246 48 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.3 1.03 12 450 6534 -17.6 -34.0 22 16.4 -20.6 245 51 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.9 0.48 13 400 7404 -23.4 -40.3 20 16.8 -25.7 246 51 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.29 14 350 8367 -30.2 -45.8 20 15.6 -31.7 244 54 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.18 15 300 9442 -39.2 -49.5 33 10.3 -39.9 242 55 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 16 250 10661 -50.0 -54.5 59 4.4 -50.2 256 66 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.09 17 200 12088 -55.8 -67.3 22 11.5 -56.0 259 71 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13917 -58.0 -82.5 3 24.5 -58.3 250 60 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16406 -66.6 -86.9 4 20.3 -66.7 247 42 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.21 m Freezing level: 631.17 mb = 3917.08 m = 12851.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.84 mb = 3383.25 m = 11099.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.66 mb = 1793.63 m = 5884.56 ft T: 11.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 9.35 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.45 mb = 2620.46 m = 8597.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 27.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.58 mb = 1814.99 m = 5954.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 479.58 mb = 6052.09 m = 19855.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.58 mb = 6876.62 m = 22560.83 ft B at Equ Level: 7.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 389.58 mb = 7594.13 m = 24914.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 140.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 71.84 m/s