MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.66,-90.05 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 984 196 22.0 19.0 83 2.9 19.9 243 12 296.5 299.0 293.7 337.5 14.22 2 950 504 18.4 17.0 92 1.4 17.5 243 19 295.8 298.2 292.6 333.0 12.93 3 900 966 15.7 14.6 93 1.1 15.0 252 22 297.7 299.8 292.2 331.7 11.70 4 850 1451 14.1 11.4 84 2.7 12.4 250 24 301.0 302.8 291.9 330.5 10.03 5 800 1961 11.5 7.4 76 4.1 9.1 239 31 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.7 8.12 6 750 2497 7.5 2.2 69 5.3 4.6 240 36 304.7 305.9 289.6 322.9 5.98 7 700 3061 3.4 -4.1 58 7.5 -0.1 244 42 306.3 307.0 288.3 318.7 4.02 8 650 3657 -0.5 -13.8 36 13.3 -5.4 246 46 308.4 308.7 287.1 314.9 2.02 9 600 4291 -4.8 -20.2 29 15.4 -9.5 247 48 310.5 310.8 287.0 314.8 1.28 10 550 4970 -9.2 -24.3 28 15.1 -13.2 247 52 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.5 0.97 11 500 5700 -13.8 -27.8 30 14.0 -17.0 246 59 316.2 316.4 288.4 318.9 0.78 12 450 6491 -18.9 -31.2 33 12.4 -21.2 241 68 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.7 0.63 13 400 7358 -24.9 -32.0 52 7.1 -26.2 235 74 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.65 14 350 8312 -32.7 -41.1 43 8.4 -33.6 235 77 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.30 15 300 9377 -41.4 -46.0 61 4.6 -41.7 241 87 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.21 16 250 10589 -50.6 -53.3 73 2.7 -50.7 247 105 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.11 17 200 12035 -51.2 -73.3 5 22.1 -51.7 253 77 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13881 -58.1 -82.0 3 23.9 -58.4 245 55 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16384 -65.3 -87.4 3 22.2 -65.4 244 43 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.53 m Freezing level: 656.70 mb = 3577.38 m = 11736.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.03 mb = 3048.78 m = 10002.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.05 mb = 566.36 m = 1858.10 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 22.69 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 963.76 m = 3161.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.25 C = 73.84 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1023.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.53 mb = 847.44 m = 2780.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.53 mb = 2305.12 m = 7562.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.53 mb = 10920.50 m = 35827.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1000.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.53 mb = 13171.51 m = 43213.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 13.68 Bulk Shear: 74.81 m/s