MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170600F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170600F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.09,-91.87 Latitude: 40.09 Longitude: -91.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 982 212 21.1 10.5 51 10.6 14.7 197 8 295.8 297.2 288.5 319.4 8.14 2 950 503 23.9 11.9 47 12.0 16.3 217 30 301.5 303.2 291.4 328.9 9.26 3 900 973 19.8 11.3 58 8.5 14.4 222 31 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.6 9.36 4 850 1462 15.3 9.5 68 5.8 11.8 226 30 302.2 303.8 291.3 328.4 8.82 5 800 1972 11.5 6.6 72 4.9 8.7 231 28 303.4 304.9 290.7 326.4 7.67 6 750 2509 8.6 6.0 84 2.6 7.1 238 28 305.9 307.4 291.6 329.6 7.84 7 700 3078 5.9 4.0 88 1.8 4.8 253 29 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.4 7.32 8 650 3681 1.7 0.0 88 1.7 0.8 256 28 310.9 312.1 291.5 329.3 5.91 9 600 4321 -2.4 -7.3 69 4.9 -4.6 248 29 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.1 3.69 10 550 5008 -6.2 -15.8 47 9.6 -9.6 239 33 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.4 2.02 11 500 5744 -11.7 -20.2 49 8.5 -14.3 238 37 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.0 1.54 12 450 6544 -16.2 -44.4 7 28.2 -20.3 240 38 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.16 13 400 7417 -23.3 -48.5 8 25.2 -26.0 241 37 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.12 14 350 8378 -31.1 -48.8 16 17.7 -32.6 244 41 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.13 15 300 9452 -38.5 -57.3 12 18.8 -39.5 246 49 331.0 331.1 292.0 331.3 0.06 16 250 10679 -47.5 -60.0 23 12.5 -47.9 247 55 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 17 200 12128 -54.4 -69.6 14 15.2 -54.6 237 54 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13941 -60.9 -81.4 5 20.5 -61.1 253 48 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16412 -67.6 -86.7 5 19.1 -67.7 253 34 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.85 m Freezing level: 628.96 mb = 3950.18 m = 12959.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.21 mb = 3777.21 m = 12392.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.41 mb = 1567.19 m = 5141.63 ft T: 14.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.91 mb = 2654.45 m = 8708.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5978.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.05 mb = 1961.08 m = 6433.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 174.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 20.02 m/s