MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.32,-90.63 Latitude: 37.32 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 985 228 24.6 15.3 56 9.3 18.4 235 9 299.1 301.1 292.2 331.6 11.14 2 950 538 21.1 14.3 65 6.8 16.7 243 20 298.6 300.6 291.8 330.3 10.85 3 900 1005 18.9 13.3 70 5.6 15.3 250 28 301.0 302.9 292.4 332.5 10.72 4 850 1493 14.7 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 252 28 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.0 10.30 5 800 2003 10.9 9.1 89 1.7 9.8 250 23 302.7 304.4 291.7 329.9 9.13 6 750 2539 8.1 4.3 77 3.9 5.9 228 22 305.4 306.7 290.7 326.4 6.94 7 700 3106 4.7 2.7 87 1.9 3.6 224 27 307.7 308.9 291.2 328.1 6.68 8 650 3706 1.0 -2.2 79 3.1 -0.6 239 33 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.7 5.02 9 600 4345 -3.0 -9.9 59 6.9 -5.8 242 40 312.7 313.2 289.5 322.3 3.00 10 550 5029 -7.0 -17.4 43 10.4 -10.5 240 46 315.8 316.1 289.3 321.7 1.77 11 500 5766 -11.6 -28.8 23 17.2 -15.6 239 49 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.4 0.71 12 450 6563 -16.9 -35.7 18 18.8 -20.3 244 48 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.40 13 400 7436 -23.0 -38.5 23 15.5 -25.3 249 51 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.34 14 350 8399 -30.3 -44.9 23 14.6 -31.7 249 59 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.20 15 300 9475 -39.1 -48.4 37 9.3 -39.7 251 68 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.16 16 250 10697 -48.9 -51.1 78 2.2 -49.0 259 84 333.4 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.14 17 200 12136 -53.7 -72.3 9 18.5 -54.0 256 88 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13965 -59.5 -83.3 3 23.8 -59.7 256 63 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16430 -68.3 -87.2 5 18.8 -68.4 256 35 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.56 m Freezing level: 637.71 mb = 3863.12 m = 12674.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.80 mb = 3621.66 m = 11881.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.37 mb = 1409.08 m = 4622.91 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 6.12 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1862.18 m = 6109.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.82 mb = 1534.23 m = 5033.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.82 mb = 2979.57 m = 9775.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.82 mb = 9007.04 m = 29550.31 ft B at Equ Level: 171.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.82 mb = 11497.65 m = 37721.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: -16.3 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5.18 Bulk Shear: 33.10 m/s