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: 41.78,-88.12 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -88.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 978 223 20.7 18.5 87 2.2 19.2 263 4 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.6 13.86 2 950 474 18.5 17.0 91 1.5 17.5 256 9 295.9 298.3 292.6 333.2 12.94 3 900 936 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.6 248 13 297.1 299.1 291.7 330.2 11.45 4 850 1419 11.7 11.4 98 0.3 11.6 241 16 298.5 300.3 291.0 327.7 10.02 5 800 1925 10.4 5.7 72 4.7 7.8 241 25 302.3 303.6 289.9 323.8 7.19 6 750 2460 7.2 2.5 72 4.6 4.6 241 34 304.3 305.5 289.6 322.9 6.13 7 700 3023 3.0 -4.3 59 7.2 -0.4 240 40 305.8 306.5 288.1 318.1 3.98 8 650 3619 -0.8 -12.7 40 11.8 -5.3 237 43 308.0 308.4 287.1 315.1 2.22 9 600 4253 -4.3 -21.1 26 16.7 -9.4 236 44 311.1 311.3 287.1 315.1 1.19 10 550 4933 -8.4 -26.4 22 18.0 -12.9 237 47 314.1 314.3 287.7 316.9 0.81 11 500 5665 -13.4 -32.0 19 18.6 -17.2 245 52 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.5 0.52 12 450 6457 -18.3 -37.9 16 19.7 -21.4 245 60 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.5 0.32 13 400 7327 -23.7 -36.4 30 12.7 -25.7 240 71 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.42 14 350 8288 -30.6 -34.2 71 3.6 -31.1 233 87 327.5 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.61 15 300 9365 -38.4 -41.0 77 2.6 -38.7 228 94 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.6 0.35 16 250 10585 -50.3 -53.0 73 2.6 -50.4 236 109 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 17 200 12013 -56.4 -67.0 25 10.6 -56.6 240 94 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13842 -56.8 -82.8 2 26.0 -57.1 246 57 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16362 -63.6 -87.3 3 23.8 -63.7 251 43 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.64 m Freezing level: 661.08 mb = 3486.89 m = 11439.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.87 mb = 2978.26 m = 9771.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.05 C = 77.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.87 mb = 493.53 m = 1619.19 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 20.51 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 888.34 m = 2914.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.94 C = 71.48 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 29.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 542.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.08 mb = 831.84 m = 2729.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.08 mb = 973.24 m = 3193.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.08 mb = 9000.21 m = 29527.87 ft B at Equ Level: 541.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.08 mb = 12471.31 m = 40915.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 118.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 101.89 m/s