MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.30,-87.90 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 993 131 25.6 17.4 61 8.2 20.0 208 13 299.3 301.7 293.4 336.3 12.67 2 950 512 21.1 16.2 74 4.8 17.8 212 20 298.6 300.8 292.9 334.3 12.29 3 900 978 18.0 14.7 81 3.3 15.8 222 26 300.0 302.2 292.9 334.5 11.76 4 850 1467 15.5 14.2 92 1.3 14.6 230 29 302.4 304.6 293.8 338.0 12.05 5 800 1979 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 230 25 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.78 6 750 2516 7.9 7.8 99 0.2 7.9 227 23 305.2 306.9 292.2 331.9 8.88 7 700 3085 6.8 -0.1 62 6.8 3.2 226 26 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.9 5.44 8 650 3689 2.7 -2.0 71 4.6 0.3 229 27 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.0 5.10 9 600 4332 -2.0 -6.9 69 4.9 -4.2 230 32 313.8 314.6 290.6 326.0 3.80 10 550 5018 -6.4 -17.0 43 10.6 -10.0 228 39 316.5 316.8 289.5 322.6 1.83 11 500 5755 -11.7 -23.5 37 11.8 -14.9 229 42 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.7 1.15 12 450 6552 -16.8 -28.9 34 12.1 -19.4 232 44 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.78 13 400 7429 -21.2 -38.1 20 16.9 -23.9 238 51 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.8 0.36 14 350 8398 -29.2 -46.2 18 17.0 -30.9 240 57 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 15 300 9476 -38.7 -43.6 60 4.9 -39.2 246 60 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 16 250 10701 -48.4 -51.2 73 2.8 -48.6 249 71 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.14 17 200 12139 -53.9 -63.1 32 9.1 -54.1 250 85 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 13969 -59.8 -83.9 3 24.1 -60.0 247 68 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16430 -68.3 -87.4 5 19.0 -68.4 251 39 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.13 m Freezing level: 621.16 mb = 4059.79 m = 13319.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.53 mb = 3732.33 m = 12245.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.64 mb = 1164.06 m = 3819.04 ft T: 17.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.12 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1671.06 m = 5482.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 34.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 414.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.73 mb = 1221.59 m = 4007.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.73 mb = 2192.71 m = 7193.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.73 mb = 2855.76 m = 9369.18 ft B at Equ Level: 12.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.73 mb = 12474.53 m = 40926.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.3 neg: -16.5 tot: 69.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 16.22 Bulk Shear: 25.53 m/s