MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.87,-91.00 Latitude: 37.87 Longitude: -91.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 317 21.8 19.1 85 2.7 19.9 227 10 297.3 299.9 294.1 339.2 14.47 2 950 520 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 224 19 297.1 299.6 293.4 336.5 13.64 3 900 984 16.8 15.4 91 1.4 15.8 227 25 298.8 301.0 292.9 334.6 12.29 4 850 1470 14.3 11.4 82 2.9 12.5 231 30 301.2 303.0 291.9 330.7 10.01 5 800 1980 11.7 6.0 68 5.7 8.4 233 37 303.6 305.0 290.5 325.6 7.34 6 750 2517 7.6 2.4 69 5.3 4.8 241 38 304.9 306.0 289.8 323.3 6.06 7 700 3081 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 1.9 255 39 305.9 307.0 289.9 323.7 5.82 8 650 3677 -1.1 -3.5 84 2.4 -2.2 260 44 307.8 308.6 289.3 321.9 4.55 9 600 4311 -5.2 -6.8 89 1.6 -5.8 259 51 310.1 310.9 289.4 322.2 3.84 10 550 4990 -8.5 -10.0 89 1.5 -9.1 254 57 314.0 314.6 290.1 324.4 3.24 11 500 5725 -11.9 -13.1 91 1.2 -12.3 249 59 318.5 319.1 291.1 327.7 2.79 12 450 6524 -16.8 -18.1 90 1.3 -17.2 244 58 322.1 322.5 291.4 329.0 2.04 13 400 7397 -23.2 -25.2 83 2.1 -23.7 240 60 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.2 1.23 14 350 8360 -30.3 -32.9 77 2.7 -30.7 238 59 327.9 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.68 15 300 9437 -39.0 -42.0 74 2.9 -39.3 234 62 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.32 16 250 10656 -50.0 -53.0 70 3.0 -50.1 238 84 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 17 200 12085 -55.5 -69.5 16 14.0 -55.7 251 98 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13918 -57.7 -82.5 3 24.8 -57.9 256 68 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16415 -66.0 -87.3 4 21.3 -66.1 252 42 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.97 m Freezing level: 662.73 mb = 3525.54 m = 11566.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.71 mb = 3353.32 m = 11001.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.24 mb = 654.14 m = 2146.10 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1217.85 m = 3995.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.40 C = 75.92 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.12 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1000.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.91 mb = 1003.70 m = 3292.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.91 mb = 2054.48 m = 6740.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.91 mb = 11109.24 m = 36447.20 ft B at Equ Level: 993.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.91 mb = 13795.09 m = 45258.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 10.50 Bulk Shear: 95.28 m/s