MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.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 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.12,-92.91 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 957 454 19.2 18.8 98 0.3 18.9 240 8 296.0 298.6 293.7 337.6 14.45 2 950 520 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 236 12 296.3 298.9 293.7 337.6 14.35 3 900 985 16.9 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 233 21 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.0 13.44 4 850 1472 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.7 229 22 301.6 303.8 293.9 338.1 12.39 5 800 1984 12.2 12.0 99 0.1 12.1 224 27 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.10 6 750 2523 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 227 34 306.4 308.1 293.0 334.9 9.47 7 700 3092 4.8 4.3 97 0.5 4.5 236 39 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.6 7.47 8 650 3691 -0.2 -0.8 95 0.6 -0.5 248 43 308.8 309.8 290.6 326.0 5.56 9 600 4325 -5.5 -6.8 90 1.3 -6.1 258 50 309.7 310.5 289.3 321.8 3.82 10 550 5004 -9.3 -11.1 87 1.8 -10.0 259 58 313.1 313.6 289.6 322.7 2.98 11 500 5737 -12.5 -13.7 91 1.1 -12.9 253 66 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.5 2.66 12 450 6534 -17.4 -20.9 74 3.5 -18.4 249 68 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.8 1.60 13 400 7407 -22.3 -26.2 71 3.9 -23.2 246 66 326.0 326.2 291.7 329.9 1.13 14 350 8374 -29.5 -32.5 75 3.0 -30.0 243 60 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.5 0.71 15 300 9452 -38.9 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.2 241 70 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10673 -49.2 -50.9 82 1.7 -49.3 240 93 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.14 17 200 12110 -55.0 -71.3 12 16.3 -55.3 249 92 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13932 -58.9 -82.2 3 23.4 -59.1 256 74 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16426 -66.5 -87.2 4 20.7 -66.7 254 41 399.1 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.94 m Freezing level: 651.53 mb = 3672.31 m = 12048.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.04 mb = 3628.31 m = 11903.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.30 mb = 490.16 m = 1608.13 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 16.33 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 980.81 m = 3217.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.00 C = 71.59 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 27.14 C K Index: 41.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1308.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.52 mb = 941.55 m = 3089.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.52 mb = 1780.06 m = 5840.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.52 mb = 11223.81 m = 36823.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.52 mb = 14377.84 m = 47170.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 12.81 Bulk Shear: 102.15 m/s