MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.09,-93.19 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 975 283 23.9 9.8 41 14.1 15.3 271 3 299.2 300.6 289.4 322.2 7.83 2 950 511 23.0 9.7 43 13.3 14.8 286 14 300.5 302.0 290.0 324.0 7.95 3 900 979 19.4 5.5 40 13.9 11.4 302 18 301.5 302.6 288.8 320.3 6.28 4 850 1466 15.3 2.2 41 13.1 8.2 303 17 302.1 303.1 288.1 318.1 5.28 5 800 1975 10.6 1.7 54 8.9 5.9 294 15 302.5 303.5 288.3 318.8 5.41 6 750 2509 5.6 2.0 77 3.6 3.7 281 15 302.7 303.8 288.9 320.5 5.90 7 700 3068 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.1 264 16 303.8 304.7 288.3 318.7 4.90 8 650 3661 -2.4 -8.1 65 5.7 -4.7 255 29 306.3 306.9 287.5 316.2 3.20 9 600 4291 -6.9 -7.9 93 1.0 -7.3 253 43 308.1 308.8 288.5 319.2 3.53 10 550 4964 -11.5 -14.4 79 2.8 -12.5 253 50 310.4 310.8 288.0 317.8 2.28 11 500 5689 -15.4 -25.2 43 9.7 -17.7 253 53 314.2 314.4 287.9 317.6 0.99 12 450 6476 -20.2 -29.0 45 8.8 -22.0 248 62 317.8 318.0 288.9 320.5 0.77 13 400 7339 -25.4 -30.8 61 5.4 -26.4 236 80 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.6 0.73 14 350 8296 -31.2 -34.9 70 3.7 -31.7 225 92 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.56 15 300 9367 -40.5 -45.0 62 4.5 -40.8 225 98 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 16 250 10584 -47.0 -63.1 14 16.1 -47.5 240 82 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.03 17 200 12053 -50.1 -79.2 2 29.1 -50.6 254 71 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 18 150 13896 -58.2 -82.0 3 23.8 -58.5 256 60 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16387 -65.1 -87.9 3 22.8 -65.2 265 46 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.72 m Freezing level: 683.45 mb = 3264.43 m = 10709.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.65 mb = 3049.25 m = 10003.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.39 mb = 2054.42 m = 6740.13 ft T: 9.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 5.97 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.32 mb = 2702.28 m = 8865.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.01 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: 2.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.72 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.41 mb = 2449.52 m = 8036.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.41 mb = 3178.66 m = 10428.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.41 mb = 5833.75 m = 19139.37 ft B at Equ Level: 59.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 410.41 mb = 7150.60 m = 23459.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -10.1 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 58.59 m/s