MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2509301800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2509301800F000.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: RUC analysis for 1800Z 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 181 SFC 996 219 28.0 16.9 51 11.1 20.4 46 7 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.7 12.27 2 950 630 21.9 12.6 55 9.3 16.0 54 7 299.4 301.2 291.1 327.8 9.67 3 900 1096 17.3 13.1 76 4.2 14.6 38 9 299.4 301.3 291.8 330.4 10.59 4 850 1581 14.1 7.0 62 7.1 10.0 36 11 300.9 302.3 289.6 322.9 7.41 5 800 2092 14.0 -10.6 17 24.5 3.5 65 15 306.1 306.5 286.4 312.9 2.14 6 750 2633 11.0 -9.8 22 20.8 2.0 84 18 308.5 309.0 287.5 316.2 2.41 7 700 3204 7.6 -12.5 22 20.2 -0.6 93 13 311.0 311.3 288.0 317.7 2.08 8 650 3809 3.3 -17.0 21 20.3 -4.0 91 9 312.7 313.0 288.0 317.8 1.55 9 600 4453 -0.5 -24.0 15 23.5 -7.5 91 7 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.7 0.92 10 550 5142 -4.4 -32.0 10 27.6 -11.0 78 7 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.6 0.48 11 500 5886 -8.9 -39.2 7 30.3 -14.7 41 5 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.2 0.26 12 450 6691 -15.0 -45.6 5 30.6 -19.4 292 5 324.4 324.4 290.3 324.9 0.14 13 400 7568 -22.0 -42.7 14 20.6 -24.8 295 12 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.22 14 350 8534 -29.9 -34.6 64 4.7 -30.6 324 14 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.6 0.58 15 300 9616 -36.9 -45.4 41 8.5 -37.6 324 18 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.22 16 250 10849 -47.6 -56.0 37 8.4 -47.9 327 32 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 12284 -55.7 -65.1 30 9.4 -55.9 293 25 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14100 -59.8 -80.2 5 20.4 -60.0 296 15 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16601 -64.5 -87.1 3 22.7 -64.7 300 9 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.89 m Freezing level: 606.19 mb = 4372.87 m = 14346.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.98 mb = 3075.15 m = 10088.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.38 mb = 1607.38 m = 5273.49 ft T: 14.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 17.50 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.40 mb = 2818.17 m = 9245.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.78 C = 96.41 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 2.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 15.88 C K Index: 9.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 111.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5015.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.90 mb = 1702.23 m = 5584.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.3 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 100.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.72 Bulk Shear: 1.97 m/s