MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F001.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F001.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: 1 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.21,-88.35 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -88.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 993 127 25.7 19.7 70 6.0 21.5 209 12 299.5 302.2 294.9 342.5 14.73 2 950 513 22.4 17.1 72 5.3 18.8 213 20 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.1 13.05 3 900 981 19.0 15.6 81 3.4 16.7 210 23 301.0 303.3 293.7 337.7 12.46 4 850 1470 15.6 14.7 94 1.0 15.0 217 25 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.3 12.43 5 800 1983 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 221 24 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.5 10.64 6 750 2520 8.2 7.0 92 1.2 7.5 225 23 305.5 307.1 292.0 330.9 8.42 7 700 3088 5.8 1.3 73 4.5 3.4 224 25 308.9 310.0 291.0 327.4 6.00 8 650 3691 1.9 -0.9 82 2.8 0.4 221 28 311.1 312.1 291.2 328.3 5.51 9 600 4332 -2.9 -4.6 88 1.8 -3.7 221 35 312.8 313.7 290.9 327.1 4.52 10 550 5015 -7.8 -11.3 76 3.5 -9.1 223 42 314.9 315.4 290.1 324.4 2.94 11 500 5750 -12.3 -15.4 78 3.1 -13.3 224 45 318.0 318.5 290.5 325.7 2.31 12 450 6548 -16.6 -19.4 79 2.8 -17.4 228 44 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.82 13 400 7423 -22.5 -26.9 67 4.5 -23.4 233 49 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.5 1.05 14 350 8389 -29.7 -36.7 51 7.0 -30.7 235 57 328.7 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.47 15 300 9468 -37.7 -41.1 71 3.3 -38.1 247 65 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.35 16 250 10697 -48.4 -52.5 63 4.1 -48.6 256 68 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.12 17 200 12129 -56.3 -62.3 47 6.0 -56.4 256 90 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 13962 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.1 243 70 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.8 -87.4 4 19.6 -67.9 251 36 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.31 m Freezing level: 630.29 mb = 3943.62 m = 12938.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.80 mb = 3755.38 m = 12320.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.81 mb = 886.81 m = 2909.46 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.95 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.93 mb = 1480.70 m = 4857.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 26.95 C K Index: 38.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1211.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.30 mb = 1189.57 m = 3902.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.30 mb = 1739.92 m = 5708.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.30 mb = 11421.45 m = 37471.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1207.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.30 mb = 14241.09 m = 46722.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 57.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 50.73 Bulk Shear: 23.88 m/s