MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.14,-91.33 Latitude: 37.14 Longitude: -91.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 975 289 22.4 20.3 88 2.1 21.0 162 8 297.7 300.5 295.0 342.9 15.59 2 950 516 20.5 18.9 90 1.6 19.4 190 14 298.0 300.7 294.4 340.4 14.62 3 900 983 18.6 15.4 82 3.2 16.5 208 21 300.7 302.9 293.6 336.9 12.34 4 850 1472 15.6 11.1 74 4.5 12.8 221 27 302.5 304.3 292.2 331.7 9.81 5 800 1984 12.0 6.7 70 5.3 8.9 229 34 303.9 305.4 290.9 327.1 7.72 6 750 2521 7.8 4.1 78 3.6 5.7 236 39 305.0 306.3 290.5 325.7 6.86 7 700 3085 3.2 2.0 92 1.1 2.5 246 42 306.0 307.2 290.3 325.3 6.34 8 650 3683 -0.1 -0.7 96 0.6 -0.4 254 45 308.9 309.9 290.6 326.2 5.62 9 600 4320 -3.8 -4.5 95 0.7 -4.1 256 49 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.1 4.57 10 550 5002 -7.7 -8.4 95 0.7 -8.0 253 54 314.9 315.6 290.8 326.8 3.68 11 500 5739 -11.6 -12.2 95 0.7 -11.8 248 58 318.9 319.5 291.4 328.8 2.99 12 450 6538 -16.4 -17.8 89 1.4 -16.9 245 61 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.7 2.09 13 400 7414 -22.1 -24.5 81 2.4 -22.7 243 62 326.3 326.5 292.0 330.9 1.32 14 350 8382 -29.1 -32.5 73 3.3 -29.7 241 66 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.72 15 300 9463 -37.9 -40.9 73 3.0 -38.2 242 66 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.36 16 250 10688 -48.9 -51.8 72 2.9 -49.1 242 74 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.13 17 200 12117 -57.3 -67.2 27 9.9 -57.5 250 91 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 18 150 13934 -58.2 -82.5 3 24.3 -58.4 258 73 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16426 -67.0 -87.2 4 20.3 -67.1 253 44 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.59 m Freezing level: 651.40 mb = 3666.20 m = 12028.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3600.67 m = 11813.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.62 mb = 547.29 m = 1795.56 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1428.70 m = 4687.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.07 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1267.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.49 mb = 1064.32 m = 3491.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.49 mb = 1811.31 m = 5942.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.49 mb = 11609.94 m = 38089.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1260.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.49 mb = 14513.97 m = 47617.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 344.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.19 Bulk Rich Number: 7.84 Bulk Shear: 161.62 m/s