MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.8,-92.28 Latitude: 38.80 Longitude: -92.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 980 234 16.7 14.6 87 2.1 15.3 226 4 291.5 293.4 289.3 321.8 10.69 2 950 496 15.4 10.0 70 5.5 12.2 308 3 292.8 294.3 287.5 316.1 8.12 3 900 953 12.9 7.4 69 5.5 9.7 347 11 294.8 296.1 287.3 315.6 7.18 4 850 1431 9.9 6.1 77 3.8 7.8 330 17 296.5 297.8 287.7 316.8 6.96 5 800 1931 6.2 4.3 88 1.9 5.1 327 20 297.7 298.9 287.7 316.8 6.50 6 750 2457 2.0 1.7 97 0.4 1.8 322 20 298.8 299.8 287.3 315.8 5.76 7 700 3012 0.2 -0.3 97 0.4 -0.0 298 17 302.7 303.7 288.4 318.9 5.37 8 650 3604 -2.2 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 252 19 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.6 4.89 9 600 4237 -5.1 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.2 227 29 310.2 311.1 289.9 323.7 4.29 10 550 4918 -8.3 -8.6 98 0.3 -8.5 218 37 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.8 3.63 11 500 5652 -12.3 -12.7 97 0.4 -12.5 214 42 318.1 318.6 291.0 327.5 2.88 12 450 6450 -17.0 -17.9 93 0.8 -17.3 213 46 321.8 322.2 291.4 328.9 2.09 13 400 7323 -22.9 -24.2 89 1.3 -23.2 211 50 325.2 325.5 291.7 329.9 1.35 14 350 8287 -30.1 -32.3 81 2.2 -30.4 205 70 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.9 0.73 15 300 9367 -37.9 -40.0 80 2.1 -38.1 197 86 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.5 0.39 16 250 10593 -47.9 -53.1 55 5.1 -48.1 202 81 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 17 200 12052 -51.7 -72.1 7 20.3 -52.1 236 80 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13890 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.3 -57.8 260 65 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16403 -64.5 -87.6 3 23.1 -64.6 255 41 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.11 m Freezing level: 695.96 mb = 3059.81 m = 10038.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.04 mb = 3000.10 m = 9842.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.45 % Est. max temperature: 22.09 C = 71.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.37 mb = 501.37 m = 1644.90 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 6.22 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.53 mb = 1732.21 m = 5683.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.33 C = 72.20 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 27.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.53 mb = 1298.58 m = 4260.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.53 mb = 2472.77 m = 8112.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.53 mb = 2580.97 m = 8467.66 ft B at Equ Level: 12.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.53 mb = 3028.84 m = 9937.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -98.9 tot: -97.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 63.97 m/s