MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.82,-91.08 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -91.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 982 224 18.2 16.9 92 1.3 17.4 220 4 292.9 295.1 291.2 328.3 12.47 2 950 510 18.4 16.6 89 1.8 17.2 260 20 295.9 298.1 292.3 332.1 12.58 3 900 973 17.0 14.2 84 2.7 15.2 258 26 299.0 301.1 292.3 332.3 11.42 4 850 1460 15.9 11.4 75 4.4 13.1 257 33 302.8 304.6 292.4 332.6 10.04 5 800 1973 12.6 8.0 74 4.6 9.8 255 31 304.6 306.1 291.7 329.9 8.43 6 750 2511 8.4 5.4 81 3.0 6.7 244 31 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.5 7.53 7 700 3077 3.8 1.6 86 2.1 2.7 240 35 306.7 307.8 290.4 325.5 6.17 8 650 3677 1.1 -6.2 58 7.3 -2.2 240 35 310.3 311.0 289.3 321.9 3.70 9 600 4315 -3.7 -8.2 71 4.5 -5.6 239 37 311.8 312.5 289.6 322.8 3.42 10 550 4997 -8.0 -16.9 49 8.9 -10.9 239 42 314.6 315.0 289.0 320.8 1.85 11 500 5731 -12.8 -20.4 53 7.6 -15.0 238 46 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.6 1.51 12 450 6525 -17.7 -30.2 33 12.4 -20.3 239 51 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.69 13 400 7396 -23.4 -41.6 17 18.2 -25.8 242 57 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.25 14 350 8358 -30.6 -43.5 27 12.9 -31.9 243 62 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.23 15 300 9432 -39.8 -48.0 41 8.3 -40.3 247 67 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.16 16 250 10647 -50.7 -51.8 88 1.1 -50.7 252 78 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 17 200 12079 -55.2 -70.1 14 14.9 -55.5 254 84 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13907 -57.9 -82.6 3 24.6 -58.2 252 64 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16402 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 258 38 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.07 m Freezing level: 638.21 mb = 3827.38 m = 12556.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.52 mb = 3401.27 m = 11158.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.67 mb = 386.54 m = 1268.16 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.79 mb = 1839.00 m = 6033.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 37.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.02 mb = 962.92 m = 3159.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.02 mb = 2777.89 m = 9113.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.02 mb = 10750.37 m = 35269.82 ft B at Equ Level: 383.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.02 mb = 12206.40 m = 40046.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.1 neg: -16.7 tot: 52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 7.66 Bulk Shear: 50.79 m/s