MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510062100F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510062100F006.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 3Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 43.3,-84.5 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -84.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 991 218 20.6 18.1 86 2.5 18.9 356 2 294.5 296.9 292.4 332.4 13.27 2 950 582 19.1 15.7 81 3.4 16.8 271 5 296.6 298.7 292.0 330.9 11.88 3 900 1046 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 14.9 212 14 299.5 301.4 292.1 331.4 10.92 4 850 1533 14.2 11.2 82 3.0 12.3 206 26 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.2 9.88 5 800 2042 10.1 7.0 81 3.2 8.3 209 28 301.9 303.4 290.3 325.3 7.85 6 750 2575 6.4 3.2 80 3.2 4.6 223 28 303.5 304.7 289.6 322.9 6.44 7 700 3138 3.0 1.0 87 2.0 2.0 238 31 305.8 306.9 289.9 323.7 5.89 8 650 3735 -0.4 -1.9 90 1.4 -1.2 241 35 308.5 309.5 290.1 324.4 5.14 9 600 4372 -4.0 -5.0 93 1.0 -4.4 242 37 311.5 312.3 290.4 325.4 4.41 10 550 5054 -8.0 -8.2 98 0.3 -8.1 244 38 314.6 315.3 290.7 326.6 3.74 11 500 5789 -12.3 -13.8 89 1.4 -12.9 247 41 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.7 2.64 12 450 6585 -17.6 -22.4 66 4.8 -18.9 249 48 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.9 1.41 13 400 7455 -24.3 -28.9 65 4.7 -25.2 247 53 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.5 0.87 14 350 8413 -31.3 -33.8 78 2.6 -31.6 244 55 326.6 326.7 291.4 328.9 0.62 15 300 9486 -39.5 -41.2 84 1.7 -39.7 244 63 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.35 16 250 10705 -49.9 -54.7 57 4.8 -50.1 249 69 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.09 17 200 12139 -56.6 -70.2 16 13.6 -56.8 248 70 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.01 18 150 13940 -61.1 -81.9 5 20.8 -61.3 246 71 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16429 -65.0 -86.7 3 21.7 -65.2 260 49 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.94 m Freezing level: 656.13 mb = 3661.97 m = 12014.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.55 mb = 3508.39 m = 11510.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.26 mb = 534.82 m = 1754.63 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 8.50 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1588.96 m = 5213.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 463.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.46 mb = 1098.82 m = 3605.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.46 mb = 2047.29 m = 6716.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.46 mb = 9725.26 m = 31906.63 ft B at Equ Level: 463.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.46 mb = 12477.73 m = 40936.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.4 neg: -5.4 tot: 178.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 4.84 Bulk Shear: 95.78 m/s