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: 41.89,-88.15 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 978 231 21.5 17.5 78 4.0 18.8 229 6 296.5 298.9 292.7 333.9 12.95 2 950 484 19.1 15.7 81 3.4 16.8 247 9 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.7 11.86 3 900 946 15.1 14.6 97 0.5 14.8 245 13 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.9 11.68 4 850 1429 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 242 18 298.6 300.4 291.1 327.8 10.00 5 800 1935 10.7 5.8 72 4.9 7.9 242 26 302.5 303.8 290.0 324.1 7.23 6 750 2472 8.1 0.9 60 7.2 4.3 234 37 305.4 306.4 289.3 322.0 5.46 7 700 3036 3.3 -4.8 55 8.1 -0.4 231 42 306.1 306.8 288.1 318.0 3.82 8 650 3632 -0.9 -14.1 36 13.2 -5.7 235 47 308.0 308.3 286.9 314.3 1.98 9 600 4266 -4.2 -18.8 31 14.6 -8.9 237 54 311.2 311.5 287.4 316.0 1.44 10 550 4947 -7.7 -33.9 10 26.2 -13.3 236 57 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.3 0.39 11 500 5682 -12.3 -49.8 3 37.5 -17.3 239 57 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.4 0.08 12 450 6476 -18.3 -54.3 3 36.0 -22.0 244 64 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.5 0.05 13 400 7343 -24.4 -52.3 6 27.9 -27.0 246 73 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.08 14 350 8301 -31.7 -45.8 24 14.1 -33.0 242 88 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.18 15 300 9372 -39.8 -49.7 34 9.9 -40.4 235 97 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.14 16 250 10591 -49.1 -55.0 51 5.8 -49.4 237 106 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12022 -54.9 -67.2 20 12.3 -55.1 246 88 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13858 -56.3 -82.7 2 26.4 -56.6 235 63 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16377 -64.1 -87.5 3 23.4 -64.3 252 43 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.93 m Freezing level: 660.58 mb = 3505.56 m = 11501.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.73 mb = 2980.89 m = 9779.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.39 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.12 mb = 738.46 m = 2422.74 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.55 mb = 1006.77 m = 3303.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.03 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 27.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.01 mb = 955.38 m = 3134.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.01 mb = 1097.41 m = 3600.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 814.01 mb = 1790.21 m = 5873.31 ft B at Equ Level: 11.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.01 mb = 12216.26 m = 40079.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 5.6 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 120.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 3.40 Bulk Shear: 127.95 m/s