MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.05,-85.07 Latitude: 41.05 Longitude: -85.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 978 248 27.2 14.8 47 12.4 18.9 210 16 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.5 10.87 2 950 496 23.5 13.9 55 9.6 17.2 213 24 301.0 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.55 3 900 965 19.0 12.9 68 6.1 15.1 213 25 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.0 10.46 4 850 1453 14.8 11.5 80 3.3 12.7 215 25 301.7 303.6 292.1 331.5 10.09 5 800 1963 11.4 8.0 79 3.4 9.3 226 26 303.3 304.9 291.3 328.5 8.43 6 750 2501 9.1 2.5 63 6.6 5.5 239 29 306.4 307.6 290.3 325.1 6.11 7 700 3068 4.9 0.6 74 4.3 2.6 243 32 307.9 308.9 290.4 325.4 5.71 8 650 3669 0.8 -2.4 79 3.3 -0.8 247 35 309.9 310.8 290.3 325.2 4.92 9 600 4307 -3.1 -7.4 72 4.3 -5.0 252 38 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.2 3.66 10 550 4991 -7.3 -10.5 78 3.2 -8.6 251 40 315.4 316.0 290.4 325.5 3.11 11 500 5728 -11.8 -13.1 90 1.3 -12.3 246 40 318.6 319.1 291.1 327.8 2.78 12 450 6526 -17.1 -18.7 88 1.5 -17.6 245 41 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.95 13 400 7399 -23.1 -26.0 77 2.9 -23.7 244 48 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.0 1.15 14 350 8362 -30.4 -33.6 74 3.1 -30.9 239 55 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.64 15 300 9436 -39.6 -42.7 72 3.1 -39.9 238 61 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.30 16 250 10654 -49.8 -52.7 71 2.9 -49.9 251 74 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.12 17 200 12081 -55.8 -68.3 20 12.4 -56.1 261 76 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13905 -58.6 -75.8 9 17.2 -58.8 244 65 369.1 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16401 -65.7 -87.1 4 21.4 -65.8 251 41 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.98 m Freezing level: 639.34 mb = 3804.82 m = 12482.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.78 mb = 3523.14 m = 11558.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.30 mb = 1803.76 m = 5917.76 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 9.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2028.60 m = 6655.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 338.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.59 mb = 1739.07 m = 5705.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.59 mb = 2991.25 m = 9813.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.59 mb = 10480.56 m = 34384.62 ft B at Equ Level: 337.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.59 mb = 12189.80 m = 39992.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 9.43 Bulk Shear: 35.85 m/s