MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.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: 43 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.38,-91.13 Latitude: 37.38 Longitude: -91.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 334 20.6 19.8 95 0.9 20.1 207 8 296.3 299.0 294.3 339.9 15.11 2 950 517 19.3 18.9 97 0.5 19.0 210 17 296.8 299.4 294.0 338.9 14.58 3 900 981 17.2 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 216 25 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.1 13.33 4 850 1469 14.5 13.7 95 0.8 14.0 219 29 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.9 11.71 5 800 1979 11.3 10.4 94 0.9 10.7 225 33 303.2 305.0 292.4 332.7 9.94 6 750 2516 7.4 6.7 95 0.7 7.0 236 37 304.6 306.2 291.5 329.4 8.24 7 700 3080 2.9 2.6 98 0.4 2.7 247 40 305.7 306.9 290.5 325.7 6.59 8 650 3676 -0.9 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.1 256 43 307.9 308.9 290.1 324.5 5.36 9 600 4312 -4.6 -4.9 97 0.3 -4.7 257 47 310.8 311.6 290.2 324.7 4.42 10 550 4994 -7.2 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 251 54 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.0 3.88 11 500 5733 -10.9 -11.5 95 0.6 -11.2 247 61 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.2 3.17 12 450 6533 -16.2 -18.2 85 2.0 -16.9 248 65 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.7 2.02 13 400 7410 -21.6 -25.0 74 3.4 -22.4 243 64 327.0 327.2 292.1 331.4 1.26 14 350 8378 -29.1 -33.6 65 4.5 -29.8 240 65 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.9 0.64 15 300 9459 -38.3 -43.3 60 5.0 -38.8 237 69 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 16 250 10682 -49.2 -51.8 74 2.6 -49.3 237 75 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 17 200 12111 -56.9 -68.9 20 12.0 -57.1 245 89 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13923 -59.8 -81.6 4 21.8 -60.0 258 72 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16423 -65.4 -87.3 3 21.8 -65.6 255 42 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.59 m Freezing level: 661.79 mb = 3535.70 m = 11599.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.36 mb = 3500.56 m = 11484.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.39 mb = 440.71 m = 1445.88 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.38 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.61 mb = 985.18 m = 3232.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.48 C = 74.27 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.25 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1262.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.94 mb = 868.18 m = 2848.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.94 mb = 1300.46 m = 4266.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.94 mb = 11589.98 m = 38024.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1252.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.94 mb = 14484.70 m = 47521.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 292.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.78 Bulk Rich Number: 11.31 Bulk Shear: 111.66 m/s