MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F000.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: RUC analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.52,-87.30 Latitude: 41.52 Longitude: -87.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 982 202 25.0 16.7 60 8.2 19.4 209 9 299.7 302.0 293.2 335.7 12.31 2 950 488 20.4 14.2 68 6.2 16.4 217 13 297.9 299.9 291.5 329.3 10.81 3 900 951 15.8 14.2 90 1.6 14.8 223 17 297.8 299.9 292.0 331.0 11.41 4 850 1436 13.4 12.1 92 1.2 12.6 226 25 300.2 302.1 292.0 331.1 10.52 5 800 1945 12.1 8.4 79 3.6 9.9 238 34 304.0 305.6 291.7 330.0 8.70 6 750 2484 8.4 5.8 83 2.7 6.9 235 38 305.7 307.2 291.5 329.0 7.71 7 700 3050 4.3 -0.3 72 4.6 1.9 236 40 307.2 308.2 289.9 323.6 5.34 8 650 3648 -0.2 -5.1 69 4.9 -2.5 238 43 308.7 309.5 289.1 321.2 4.01 9 600 4284 -4.3 -8.0 76 3.7 -5.9 243 50 311.1 311.8 289.4 322.2 3.49 10 550 4966 -7.4 -15.3 53 7.8 -10.2 244 53 315.3 315.7 289.5 322.3 2.12 11 500 5702 -11.7 -28.1 24 16.4 -15.6 242 54 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.75 12 450 6499 -17.5 -43.0 9 25.5 -21.1 244 58 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.9 0.19 13 400 7368 -24.0 -40.6 20 16.6 -26.2 247 64 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.28 14 350 8327 -31.2 -35.5 66 4.3 -31.8 242 69 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.6 0.53 15 300 9400 -39.6 -44.7 59 5.1 -40.1 239 76 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.24 16 250 10619 -49.2 -55.0 51 5.8 -49.4 244 98 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.09 17 200 12048 -55.7 -66.7 24 11.0 -55.9 252 91 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13878 -57.4 -82.0 3 24.6 -57.6 235 66 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16391 -64.1 -87.4 3 23.2 -64.3 254 41 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.60 m Freezing level: 652.59 mb = 3616.99 m = 11866.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.44 mb = 3302.27 m = 10834.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.16 mb = 1236.98 m = 4058.29 ft T: 14.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 9.81 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1686.65 m = 5533.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.68 mb = 1222.20 m = 4009.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.68 mb = 2856.64 m = 9372.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.68 mb = 9474.70 m = 31084.60 ft B at Equ Level: 303.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.68 mb = 11838.11 m = 38838.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 2.89 Bulk Shear: 105.41 m/s