MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.73,-90.79 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -90.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 986 190 22.2 18.5 80 3.7 19.6 203 10 296.6 299.0 293.3 336.1 13.72 2 950 509 18.8 16.0 84 2.8 17.0 216 16 296.3 298.5 292.1 331.3 12.15 3 900 971 15.9 12.1 78 3.7 13.5 235 23 297.9 299.7 290.8 326.7 9.92 4 850 1456 14.0 7.0 63 7.0 9.9 246 31 300.8 302.2 289.6 322.8 7.40 5 800 1965 10.7 4.5 65 6.2 7.2 245 33 302.6 303.8 289.5 322.4 6.61 6 750 2499 6.7 3.4 79 3.4 4.9 248 31 303.9 305.1 289.8 323.5 6.51 7 700 3062 3.4 -1.1 72 4.5 1.1 260 31 306.2 307.2 289.3 321.7 5.04 8 650 3659 -0.5 -11.4 43 11.0 -4.8 266 44 308.4 308.9 287.5 316.2 2.45 9 600 4294 -4.9 -11.9 58 7.0 -7.5 263 56 310.5 310.9 288.3 318.7 2.56 10 550 4972 -9.1 -15.0 62 6.0 -11.1 255 59 313.3 313.7 288.9 320.4 2.16 11 500 5705 -12.5 -15.7 77 3.2 -13.6 244 58 317.8 318.2 290.3 325.3 2.25 12 450 6502 -16.9 -18.1 90 1.2 -17.3 233 59 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.9 2.04 13 400 7375 -23.4 -25.1 86 1.7 -23.8 232 62 324.5 324.8 291.4 328.9 1.24 14 350 8336 -31.0 -33.5 79 2.5 -31.4 228 64 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.64 15 300 9407 -40.4 -43.1 75 2.8 -40.6 225 70 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.28 16 250 10621 -50.1 -52.2 79 2.0 -50.2 238 94 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.12 17 200 12055 -54.2 -73.2 8 19.1 -54.5 250 83 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 13890 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.3 -57.8 249 61 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16394 -65.7 -87.3 3 21.7 -65.8 249 41 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.59 m Freezing level: 656.24 mb = 3584.61 m = 11760.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.43 mb = 3173.18 m = 10410.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.83 mb = 655.87 m = 2151.78 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1580.17 m = 5184.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.36 mb = 1062.73 m = 3486.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.36 mb = 2331.15 m = 7648.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.36 mb = 9740.39 m = 31956.28 ft B at Equ Level: 286.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.36 mb = 11885.49 m = 38993.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.7 neg: -4.9 tot: 169.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 121.13 m/s