MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510040000F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510040000F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 4 OCT 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 163 SFC 994 215 20.0 15.4 75 4.6 17.0 204 5 293.6 295.6 290.4 325.4 11.12 2 950 611 23.9 14.0 54 10.0 17.4 242 15 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.8 10.60 3 900 1081 20.3 12.6 61 7.8 15.3 229 15 302.5 304.4 292.4 332.7 10.21 4 850 1571 16.2 9.6 65 6.5 12.1 214 16 303.1 304.7 291.6 329.6 8.89 5 800 2083 11.5 8.2 80 3.4 9.5 217 14 303.4 305.0 291.4 328.9 8.53 6 750 2619 7.4 3.6 77 3.8 5.3 229 9 304.6 305.8 290.2 324.6 6.63 7 700 3184 4.3 -4.2 54 8.5 0.3 215 8 307.2 308.0 288.6 319.7 4.01 8 650 3784 1.8 -13.2 32 15.1 -4.0 207 9 311.0 311.5 288.1 317.9 2.12 9 600 4425 -1.2 -19.3 24 18.1 -7.2 191 7 314.7 315.0 288.5 319.4 1.38 10 550 5114 -5.0 -26.2 17 21.2 -10.8 187 4 318.2 318.3 289.0 321.0 0.82 11 500 5856 -10.3 -30.7 17 20.4 -15.0 318 2 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.6 0.59 12 450 6655 -16.5 -35.1 18 18.6 -20.0 359 5 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.43 13 400 7531 -21.6 -47.2 8 25.6 -24.6 15 13 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.14 14 350 8500 -28.5 -54.6 6 26.0 -30.6 358 10 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.07 15 300 9583 -37.6 -50.5 25 13.0 -38.4 305 14 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.12 16 250 10811 -48.2 -56.5 38 8.3 -48.5 297 16 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.07 17 200 12252 -55.9 -66.6 25 10.7 -56.1 306 32 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.02 18 150 14048 -63.9 -80.9 8 17.0 -64.0 311 43 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16490 -68.9 -86.5 6 17.6 -69.0 293 23 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.50 m Freezing level: 619.62 mb = 4173.55 m = 13692.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.34 mb = 3226.01 m = 10583.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.86 mb = 806.57 m = 2646.21 ft T: 22.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.68 mb = 2117.91 m = 6948.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.95 C K Index: 27.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.18 mb = 1709.76 m = 5609.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.18 mb = 2605.87 m = 8549.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 661.18 mb = 3645.70 m = 11960.82 ft B at Equ Level: 43.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 531.18 mb = 5384.77 m = 17666.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -20.7 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 31.14 Bulk Shear: 1.64 m/s