MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.57,-89.45 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -89.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 979 210 24.5 17.4 64 7.2 19.6 234 11 299.5 301.8 293.6 337.1 12.86 2 950 471 21.6 15.6 69 6.0 17.6 225 18 299.1 301.2 292.6 333.5 11.79 3 900 937 17.6 14.0 79 3.7 15.3 220 21 299.7 301.7 292.4 332.5 11.21 4 850 1423 13.8 11.7 87 2.1 12.5 215 23 300.6 302.5 291.9 330.8 10.24 5 800 1931 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.2 214 26 301.8 303.4 291.2 328.1 8.86 6 750 2466 7.0 4.5 84 2.5 5.6 222 27 304.2 305.5 290.4 325.4 7.04 7 700 3030 3.6 -0.6 74 4.2 1.5 237 29 306.5 307.5 289.5 322.5 5.22 8 650 3628 -0.0 -9.2 50 9.2 -3.8 250 33 308.9 309.5 288.2 318.2 2.93 9 600 4263 -4.6 -12.2 55 7.6 -7.5 257 38 310.8 311.3 288.3 318.8 2.49 10 550 4942 -8.8 -17.5 49 8.7 -11.6 256 45 313.6 314.0 288.5 319.4 1.76 11 500 5674 -13.0 -21.1 51 8.1 -15.3 250 51 317.2 317.5 289.3 322.0 1.42 12 450 6469 -17.6 -23.7 59 6.1 -19.1 241 57 321.2 321.4 290.4 325.5 1.26 13 400 7343 -22.2 -25.2 76 3.0 -22.9 223 66 326.1 326.4 291.8 330.4 1.23 14 350 8310 -29.3 -32.6 73 3.3 -29.8 219 76 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.8 0.71 15 300 9390 -38.1 -42.4 64 4.3 -38.5 218 81 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.8 0.30 16 250 10614 -49.4 -54.0 58 4.6 -49.6 222 86 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 17 200 12038 -58.1 -63.2 52 5.1 -58.2 243 98 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 13862 -56.4 -82.8 2 26.4 -56.7 252 58 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16378 -64.4 -87.4 3 23.0 -64.6 247 45 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.41 m Freezing level: 650.64 mb = 3620.04 m = 11876.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.08 mb = 3192.04 m = 10472.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.81 mb = 1110.67 m = 3643.88 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.68 mb = 1455.95 m = 4776.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 559.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.37 mb = 1300.20 m = 4265.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.37 mb = 1649.34 m = 5411.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.37 mb = 10681.50 m = 35043.86 ft B at Equ Level: 556.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.37 mb = 12798.81 m = 41990.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 12.79 Bulk Shear: 43.78 m/s