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: 40.50,-90.74 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -90.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 979 208 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.1 196 9 293.6 296.0 292.1 331.3 13.23 2 950 466 17.2 16.8 97 0.4 17.0 204 17 294.7 297.0 292.1 331.4 12.81 3 900 927 15.5 14.0 90 1.6 14.6 230 12 297.5 299.6 291.7 330.1 11.22 4 850 1411 12.6 6.9 68 5.8 9.3 275 9 299.4 300.7 289.0 321.0 7.34 5 800 1916 9.4 -2.9 42 12.4 3.5 305 12 301.2 301.9 286.4 312.9 3.85 6 750 2447 4.9 -4.2 52 9.1 0.7 300 17 301.9 302.6 286.5 313.3 3.72 7 700 3004 -0.1 -7.4 58 7.3 -3.1 293 19 302.4 303.0 286.1 312.1 3.14 8 650 3592 -4.8 -8.2 77 3.4 -6.1 301 19 303.6 304.2 286.5 313.4 3.18 9 600 4218 -7.8 -9.2 90 1.4 -8.3 285 16 307.1 307.7 287.8 317.1 3.18 10 550 4892 -10.2 -11.3 92 1.0 -10.6 222 21 311.9 312.5 289.2 321.4 2.94 11 500 5625 -12.3 -13.6 90 1.3 -12.8 199 46 318.0 318.6 290.8 326.9 2.68 12 450 6423 -16.5 -18.1 87 1.7 -17.0 204 62 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.4 2.04 13 400 7299 -21.9 -23.9 83 2.0 -22.4 208 74 326.6 326.8 292.1 331.4 1.38 14 350 8268 -28.8 -31.4 78 2.6 -29.2 209 79 330.0 330.1 292.5 332.9 0.80 15 300 9351 -37.5 -40.3 75 2.8 -37.8 206 84 332.6 332.6 292.8 334.0 0.38 16 250 10579 -48.5 -51.2 73 2.7 -48.6 204 92 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 17 200 12018 -52.8 -69.3 12 16.6 -53.1 230 92 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13854 -57.3 -82.3 3 25.0 -57.5 250 55 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16374 -63.2 -88.0 2 24.8 -63.4 248 33 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.43 m Freezing level: 700.60 mb = 2997.33 m = 9833.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.51 mb = 2549.83 m = 8365.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.17 C = 77.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.57 mb = 318.23 m = 1044.06 ft T: 18.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 18.47 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1073.56 m = 3522.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.65 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.47 C Showalter Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 19.16 C K Index: 24.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 565.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.58 mb = 808.95 m = 2654.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.58 mb = 1633.58 m = 5359.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.58 mb = 6463.19 m = 21204.44 ft B at Equ Level: 564.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.58 mb = 11474.71 m = 37646.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -47.8 tot: -11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 26.19 Bulk Shear: 21.58 m/s