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: 40.41,-90.63 Latitude: 40.41 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 982 197 23.1 17.6 71 5.5 19.4 236 9 297.8 300.2 293.2 335.6 13.03 2 950 482 20.5 15.6 74 4.9 17.2 225 12 298.0 300.1 292.3 332.3 11.81 3 900 946 16.4 14.0 86 2.4 14.8 224 14 298.4 300.5 292.0 331.2 11.25 4 850 1431 13.0 11.4 90 1.7 12.0 230 15 299.8 301.6 291.5 329.1 9.99 5 800 1938 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.1 240 18 301.9 303.5 291.1 327.8 8.74 6 750 2473 7.1 5.9 92 1.3 6.4 237 28 304.3 305.8 291.0 327.7 7.77 7 700 3038 3.9 -2.3 64 6.2 0.8 233 32 306.8 307.7 289.0 321.0 4.62 8 650 3634 -0.7 -13.6 37 12.9 -5.4 245 32 308.2 308.6 287.0 314.8 2.06 9 600 4268 -5.2 -18.1 36 12.9 -9.3 257 41 310.1 310.4 287.1 315.1 1.53 10 550 4945 -9.7 -19.3 45 9.7 -12.6 257 52 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.6 1.51 11 500 5675 -13.7 -25.8 35 12.1 -16.6 250 60 316.4 316.5 288.6 319.6 0.94 12 450 6468 -18.1 -25.8 51 7.8 -19.9 241 65 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.1 1.03 13 400 7339 -23.1 -25.8 78 2.8 -23.7 227 71 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.1 1.17 14 350 8304 -30.0 -33.0 75 3.0 -30.4 220 81 328.3 328.5 291.9 330.8 0.68 15 300 9383 -37.7 -41.1 70 3.4 -38.1 226 86 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.35 16 250 10608 -49.4 -53.1 65 3.7 -49.6 231 98 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12038 -57.0 -64.2 40 7.2 -57.1 240 95 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13863 -56.5 -82.7 2 26.2 -56.8 250 62 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16389 -63.8 -87.6 3 23.8 -64.0 245 40 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.85 m Freezing level: 657.39 mb = 3546.20 m = 11634.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.30 mb = 3115.01 m = 10219.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.78 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.90 mb = 890.12 m = 2920.32 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 20.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1293.48 m = 4243.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.47 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 543.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.52 mb = 1141.29 m = 3744.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.52 mb = 1484.74 m = 4871.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.52 mb = 8620.23 m = 28281.24 ft B at Equ Level: 543.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.52 mb = 12548.70 m = 41169.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 7.19 Bulk Shear: 75.58 m/s