MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 7Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.75,-83.44 Latitude: 39.75 Longitude: -83.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 969 309 18.8 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 184 15 294.6 296.8 291.6 329.5 12.18 2 950 478 19.7 16.7 83 3.0 17.7 191 33 297.2 299.5 292.7 333.8 12.66 3 900 943 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.7 205 52 300.0 302.1 292.8 334.0 11.61 4 850 1431 14.8 12.4 85 2.4 13.3 213 56 301.7 303.7 292.6 333.3 10.70 5 800 1941 11.4 8.0 79 3.4 9.4 211 52 303.3 304.9 291.3 328.5 8.44 6 750 2478 7.8 4.9 82 2.8 6.2 205 49 305.0 306.3 290.9 327.0 7.28 7 700 3043 4.1 0.8 79 3.3 2.4 204 48 307.0 308.1 290.2 324.8 5.81 8 650 3643 0.8 -4.0 70 4.8 -1.5 204 46 309.9 310.7 289.8 323.5 4.37 9 600 4282 -2.2 -8.1 64 5.9 -4.8 202 46 313.5 314.2 290.2 324.6 3.46 10 550 4969 -6.1 -12.0 63 6.0 -8.4 202 50 316.9 317.4 290.5 325.9 2.76 11 500 5708 -11.1 -18.1 56 7.0 -13.4 209 56 319.5 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.84 12 450 6508 -15.7 -18.9 76 3.2 -16.7 217 55 323.5 323.8 291.7 330.0 1.90 13 400 7388 -20.8 -23.4 80 2.6 -21.5 224 53 327.9 328.2 292.5 333.0 1.45 14 350 8360 -28.1 -30.6 79 2.5 -28.6 227 54 330.9 331.0 292.8 334.0 0.85 15 300 9445 -37.3 -39.6 79 2.3 -37.5 225 56 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.41 16 250 10674 -48.4 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.5 219 58 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12117 -54.1 -72.0 9 17.9 -54.4 240 72 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13930 -62.3 -80.3 7 18.0 -62.5 236 55 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16414 -65.1 -87.3 3 22.2 -65.3 243 30 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.04 m Freezing level: 636.76 mb = 3811.92 m = 12506.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.44 mb = 3404.30 m = 11168.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.60 mb = 618.56 m = 2029.38 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 10.49 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1594.89 m = 5232.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.37 mb = 1170.09 m = 3838.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.37 mb = 2244.39 m = 7363.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.37 mb = 7178.18 m = 23550.17 ft B at Equ Level: 217.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.37 mb = 11460.04 m = 37598.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.0 neg: -75.7 tot: 264.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 5.91 Bulk Shear: 36.94 m/s