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: 41.09,-85.12 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -85.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 977 247 27.4 14.0 44 13.4 18.5 214 14 302.5 304.4 292.6 333.2 10.33 2 950 492 23.6 12.8 51 10.7 16.7 213 21 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.1 9.83 3 900 961 19.0 11.9 63 7.1 14.5 215 22 301.1 302.9 291.7 329.9 9.76 4 850 1449 14.8 10.8 77 4.1 12.3 222 24 301.7 303.5 291.7 330.1 9.60 5 800 1958 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.1 234 28 302.5 304.3 291.9 330.8 9.53 6 750 2494 8.2 4.6 78 3.7 6.2 241 31 305.5 306.8 290.9 327.0 7.09 7 700 3063 6.0 0.0 66 5.9 2.9 244 35 309.1 310.1 290.6 326.1 5.49 8 650 3665 1.2 -3.2 72 4.4 -0.9 249 38 310.4 311.2 290.2 324.9 4.65 9 600 4303 -3.3 -10.0 60 6.7 -6.0 252 39 312.3 312.9 289.3 321.9 2.99 10 550 4987 -7.3 -13.8 60 6.4 -9.7 249 40 315.4 315.9 289.8 323.3 2.40 11 500 5723 -12.0 -18.7 58 6.6 -14.1 246 44 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.3 1.75 12 450 6520 -17.1 -24.6 52 7.5 -19.0 246 49 321.7 322.0 290.5 325.8 1.16 13 400 7392 -23.2 -31.6 46 8.4 -24.7 246 53 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.3 0.68 14 350 8355 -30.6 -38.9 44 8.3 -31.6 243 56 327.5 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.37 15 300 9429 -39.3 -46.3 47 7.1 -39.8 240 56 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.20 16 250 10649 -49.5 -52.4 72 2.8 -49.7 254 72 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 17 200 12077 -55.9 -68.0 21 12.1 -56.1 262 73 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13902 -58.4 -82.2 3 23.8 -58.6 246 64 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16395 -65.9 -87.2 4 21.3 -66.1 246 42 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.20 m Freezing level: 636.36 mb = 3838.72 m = 12594.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.05 mb = 3515.39 m = 11533.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.31 mb = 1923.71 m = 6311.30 ft T: 10.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.93 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2105.75 m = 6908.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 31.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.79 mb = 1866.60 m = 6123.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.79 mb = 3741.22 m = 12274.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.79 mb = 8277.02 m = 27155.25 ft B at Equ Level: 113.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.79 mb = 11078.09 m = 36344.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 47.89 m/s