MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2509301200F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2509301200F006.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 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 41.8,-88.0 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 SFC 995 216 26.1 16.2 55 9.9 19.4 59 8 299.6 301.8 292.8 333.9 11.73 2 950 621 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 16.1 57 10 298.1 300.0 291.2 328.3 10.38 3 900 1085 17.0 11.6 71 5.4 13.6 50 10 299.0 300.7 290.9 327.0 9.56 4 850 1571 15.1 -0.3 35 15.5 7.2 39 13 302.0 302.8 287.2 315.3 4.39 5 800 2082 13.6 -7.5 22 21.2 4.1 65 16 305.7 306.2 286.8 314.2 2.71 6 750 2622 10.8 -7.3 27 18.1 2.6 83 19 308.4 308.9 288.0 317.7 2.95 7 700 3192 7.2 -11.6 25 18.9 -0.6 94 14 310.5 310.9 288.0 317.7 2.24 8 650 3797 3.2 -18.1 19 21.3 -4.3 101 11 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.3 1.41 9 600 4440 -0.3 -27.1 11 26.8 -7.8 97 10 315.8 315.9 288.2 318.2 0.69 10 550 5131 -3.9 -35.9 6 32.0 -11.0 83 8 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.32 11 500 5876 -8.7 -42.7 4 34.0 -14.7 49 4 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.18 12 450 6680 -15.1 -45.4 6 30.3 -19.5 293 8 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.15 13 400 7558 -22.1 -41.2 16 19.0 -24.8 302 14 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.26 14 350 8523 -29.7 -33.7 68 4.0 -30.3 324 16 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.1 0.64 15 300 9605 -37.1 -45.7 40 8.7 -37.8 328 20 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.21 16 250 10836 -47.7 -57.4 32 9.7 -48.1 325 34 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 17 200 12274 -56.0 -64.8 32 8.9 -56.1 294 26 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 14085 -60.3 -80.0 6 19.6 -60.5 298 16 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16582 -64.5 -87.0 3 22.5 -64.7 303 9 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.41 m Freezing level: 604.19 mb = 4386.57 m = 14391.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.95 mb = 3087.45 m = 10129.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.73 mb = 1454.12 m = 4770.68 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 19.73 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.35 mb = 2785.01 m = 9137.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.39 C = 95.70 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 2.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 10.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 8.36 C K Index: 4.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5279.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.93 mb = 1571.27 m = 5155.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.5 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 104.5 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 1.62 m/s