MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510041800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510041800F000.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 4 OCT 25 Station: 41.6,-88.1 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 995 198 29.5 16.7 46 12.8 20.7 206 9 303.1 305.3 294.0 338.9 12.08 2 950 604 24.3 13.1 50 11.2 17.0 205 12 301.9 303.7 292.2 331.5 10.03 3 900 1073 19.7 12.7 64 7.0 15.2 211 14 301.8 303.7 292.3 332.3 10.30 4 850 1562 15.2 10.9 75 4.3 12.5 212 17 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.6 9.65 5 800 2073 11.5 7.3 75 4.2 9.0 214 18 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.5 8.05 6 750 2610 8.6 1.2 60 7.3 4.6 222 14 305.9 306.9 289.6 322.9 5.58 7 700 3176 4.5 -1.0 67 5.6 1.7 216 10 307.5 308.5 289.7 323.2 5.08 8 650 3776 0.9 -9.6 45 10.6 -3.4 208 7 310.0 310.6 288.4 319.1 2.83 9 600 4415 -1.3 -18.9 25 17.6 -7.2 200 5 314.6 314.9 288.5 319.4 1.43 10 550 5106 -4.1 -30.1 11 26.1 -10.7 149 6 319.2 319.4 289.1 321.3 0.57 11 500 5850 -9.6 -32.2 14 22.6 -14.7 117 7 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.2 0.51 12 450 6651 -15.1 -36.1 15 21.0 -19.0 117 9 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.7 0.39 13 400 7532 -20.5 -41.2 14 20.7 -23.6 129 11 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.26 14 350 8503 -28.3 -48.3 13 20.0 -30.2 279 7 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.14 15 300 9587 -37.4 -53.7 17 16.3 -38.4 284 10 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.09 16 250 10817 -47.0 -57.6 29 10.5 -47.4 300 19 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.06 17 200 12272 -54.7 -71.1 12 16.4 -55.0 315 52 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 14067 -64.0 -80.8 8 16.8 -64.1 299 43 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16511 -68.9 -86.9 6 18.0 -68.9 264 19 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.94 m Freezing level: 629.31 mb = 4040.39 m = 13255.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3371.17 m = 11060.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.54 mb = 1808.30 m = 5932.67 ft T: 13.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.36 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2138.38 m = 7015.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.13 mb = 1946.34 m = 6385.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.13 mb = 2751.90 m = 9028.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 587.13 mb = 4587.47 m = 15050.58 ft B at Equ Level: 60.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 337.13 mb = 8766.83 m = 28762.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.6 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 232.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 511.58 Bulk Shear: 0.12 m/s