MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.48,-90.68 Latitude: 40.48 Longitude: -90.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 979 207 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.1 197 9 293.6 295.9 292.0 331.2 13.21 2 950 466 17.1 16.8 98 0.3 16.9 204 17 294.5 296.8 292.0 331.1 12.77 3 900 927 15.4 14.0 91 1.4 14.5 228 13 297.4 299.4 291.7 330.0 11.24 4 850 1411 12.6 6.7 67 5.9 9.2 275 9 299.4 300.7 289.0 320.8 7.27 5 800 1916 9.5 -3.3 40 12.8 3.4 307 13 301.2 301.9 286.3 312.6 3.75 6 750 2447 4.8 -4.1 52 8.9 0.7 302 17 301.8 302.5 286.5 313.3 3.77 7 700 3004 -0.0 -7.2 58 7.2 -3.0 294 19 302.4 303.0 286.1 312.2 3.18 8 650 3592 -4.6 -8.2 76 3.6 -6.0 300 19 303.8 304.4 286.6 313.6 3.17 9 600 4219 -7.5 -9.0 89 1.5 -8.1 281 15 307.4 308.0 287.9 317.5 3.22 10 550 4893 -10.0 -11.1 92 1.1 -10.4 219 22 312.2 312.8 289.3 321.8 2.98 11 500 5626 -12.3 -13.6 90 1.3 -12.8 199 47 318.1 318.6 290.9 326.9 2.68 12 450 6425 -16.5 -18.2 87 1.7 -17.0 204 62 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.4 2.03 13 400 7301 -21.9 -24.0 83 2.1 -22.4 208 73 326.6 326.8 292.1 331.4 1.38 14 350 8270 -28.7 -31.4 78 2.7 -29.2 209 79 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.79 15 300 9353 -37.4 -40.3 74 2.9 -37.7 206 84 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.38 16 250 10581 -48.5 -51.1 73 2.7 -48.6 205 92 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.14 17 200 12020 -52.8 -69.5 12 16.7 -53.1 230 92 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 13855 -57.3 -82.3 3 25.0 -57.6 249 55 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16375 -63.3 -87.9 2 24.7 -63.4 248 33 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.63 m Freezing level: 700.35 mb = 3000.10 m = 9842.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.36 mb = 2551.43 m = 8370.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.57 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.18 mb = 313.34 m = 1028.02 ft T: 18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1049.43 m = 3442.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.94 C = 73.30 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.39 C Showalter Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 24.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 536.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.27 mb = 793.34 m = 2602.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.27 mb = 1717.75 m = 5635.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.27 mb = 6436.87 m = 21118.08 ft B at Equ Level: 535.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.27 mb = 11426.55 m = 37488.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -51.0 tot: -13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 25.48 Bulk Shear: 21.07 m/s