MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.62,-85.47 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -85.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 972 279 23.2 18.0 72 5.2 19.6 268 8 298.8 301.3 293.9 338.1 13.50 2 950 474 21.8 16.5 72 5.2 18.2 243 14 299.3 301.6 293.3 335.9 12.54 3 900 941 18.6 14.4 77 4.2 15.8 224 21 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.5 11.53 4 850 1429 15.0 12.7 86 2.3 13.6 213 25 301.9 303.9 292.8 334.1 10.92 5 800 1940 11.0 9.6 91 1.4 10.1 212 28 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.8 9.40 6 750 2477 7.8 5.9 88 1.8 6.7 224 30 305.0 306.4 291.3 328.5 7.79 7 700 3043 4.7 0.5 75 4.1 2.5 232 33 307.6 308.7 290.3 325.1 5.69 8 650 3642 0.7 -2.4 80 3.1 -0.8 236 36 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.2 4.94 9 600 4281 -3.0 -6.3 78 3.3 -4.4 240 41 312.7 313.4 290.4 325.4 3.99 10 550 4965 -7.5 -11.1 75 3.7 -8.9 240 41 315.2 315.8 290.2 324.9 2.97 11 500 5701 -12.3 -14.8 82 2.4 -13.2 238 41 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.1 2.43 12 450 6497 -17.6 -19.5 85 1.9 -18.2 234 43 321.1 321.4 290.9 327.2 1.81 13 400 7368 -23.5 -26.0 80 2.5 -24.1 232 48 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.4 1.15 14 350 8330 -30.5 -33.5 75 3.0 -30.9 232 54 327.6 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.65 15 300 9405 -39.2 -42.5 70 3.4 -39.4 235 63 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.30 16 250 10626 -49.6 -53.2 66 3.6 -49.7 239 76 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12047 -58.7 -63.8 52 5.1 -58.8 254 95 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.04 18 150 13873 -57.2 -81.6 3 24.5 -57.5 239 61 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16382 -65.5 -87.4 3 21.9 -65.7 255 39 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.07 m Freezing level: 640.32 mb = 3766.12 m = 12355.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.20 mb = 3491.99 m = 11456.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.02 mb = 941.01 m = 3087.26 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 13.02 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.04 mb = 1569.03 m = 5147.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 889.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.58 mb = 1313.89 m = 4310.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.58 mb = 1871.19 m = 6139.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.58 mb = 11252.29 m = 36916.50 ft B at Equ Level: 883.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.58 mb = 13600.96 m = 44622.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 18.57 Bulk Shear: 47.93 m/s