MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.30,-84.62 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -84.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 SFC 975 223 17.7 16.2 91 1.5 16.7 198 16 292.9 295.1 290.8 326.8 11.92 2 950 445 16.4 15.8 96 0.6 16.0 207 31 293.8 296.0 291.1 327.9 11.95 3 900 903 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 213 40 295.6 297.5 290.8 326.9 10.88 4 850 1384 11.3 10.8 97 0.5 11.0 220 43 298.0 299.7 290.6 326.1 9.63 5 800 1889 8.7 8.0 95 0.7 8.3 222 43 300.4 302.0 290.4 325.3 8.43 6 750 2421 5.9 5.2 95 0.7 5.5 222 43 303.0 304.4 290.3 325.3 7.44 7 700 2984 2.7 2.3 97 0.4 2.5 225 44 305.5 306.7 290.3 325.2 6.48 8 650 3581 -0.1 -0.7 95 0.6 -0.4 224 46 308.9 309.9 290.6 326.1 5.59 9 600 4218 -3.7 -4.7 93 0.9 -4.1 221 47 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.0 4.51 10 550 4900 -7.9 -8.8 93 0.9 -8.3 215 51 314.7 315.3 290.6 326.1 3.57 11 500 5635 -11.9 -12.5 96 0.5 -12.2 207 52 318.5 319.0 291.2 328.1 2.94 12 450 6435 -16.5 -17.3 94 0.8 -16.7 200 56 322.5 322.9 291.7 329.9 2.19 13 400 7311 -21.9 -23.1 90 1.3 -22.2 199 66 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.8 1.49 14 350 8280 -28.5 -30.2 85 1.7 -28.8 201 76 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.6 0.89 15 300 9366 -36.7 -38.2 86 1.5 -36.9 205 89 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.4 0.47 16 250 10599 -47.5 -49.6 79 2.1 -47.6 212 99 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.2 0.17 17 200 12061 -50.6 -73.0 5 22.5 -51.0 239 72 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 13895 -59.4 -82.9 3 23.5 -59.6 233 57 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.00 19 100 16400 -63.9 -87.3 3 23.4 -64.1 240 36 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.52 m Freezing level: 651.55 mb = 3562.08 m = 11686.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.80 mb = 3496.74 m = 11472.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.43 % Est. max temperature: 23.90 C = 75.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.63 mb = 412.05 m = 1351.85 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 2.79 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.30 mb = 788.15 m = 2585.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.86 C = 67.75 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.41 mb = 740.75 m = 2430.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.41 mb = 974.54 m = 3197.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 532.41 mb = 5150.53 m = 16897.84 ft B at Equ Level: 45.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 442.41 mb = 6561.09 m = 21525.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 198.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 40.22 m/s