MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.73,-90.18 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -90.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 992 136 22.1 18.9 82 3.2 19.9 195 15 295.9 298.4 293.3 336.1 13.96 2 950 510 19.1 16.1 83 3.0 17.1 212 22 296.5 298.7 292.2 331.8 12.22 3 900 974 17.4 11.0 66 6.4 13.4 237 30 299.4 301.1 290.7 326.4 9.19 4 850 1461 15.4 6.7 56 8.7 10.3 250 37 302.3 303.6 290.0 324.0 7.27 5 800 1972 12.2 4.4 59 7.8 7.8 252 38 304.1 305.4 289.9 323.9 6.56 6 750 2509 7.9 2.4 68 5.6 4.9 250 37 305.2 306.3 289.8 323.5 6.06 7 700 3074 3.1 -0.1 79 3.3 1.5 251 38 305.9 306.9 289.5 322.5 5.42 8 650 3671 -0.7 -2.9 84 2.3 -1.7 250 40 308.2 309.1 289.6 322.9 4.74 9 600 4306 -4.5 -5.6 93 1.0 -5.0 244 44 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.1 4.21 10 550 4987 -8.4 -8.8 97 0.4 -8.5 236 47 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.6 3.59 11 500 5721 -12.5 -13.1 95 0.7 -12.7 232 50 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.0 2.78 12 450 6518 -17.3 -18.6 89 1.3 -17.7 233 52 321.5 321.8 291.2 328.1 1.95 13 400 7390 -23.3 -25.1 85 1.8 -23.7 232 52 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.1 1.25 14 350 8352 -30.8 -33.3 78 2.6 -31.2 228 51 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.66 15 300 9425 -40.0 -42.6 76 2.6 -40.2 229 56 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.30 16 250 10642 -50.0 -53.7 65 3.7 -50.1 237 78 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12077 -54.0 -72.2 9 18.2 -54.3 249 86 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13909 -57.9 -82.1 3 24.2 -58.2 246 64 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16407 -66.4 -87.4 4 21.0 -66.5 248 40 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.55 m Freezing level: 658.72 mb = 3566.88 m = 11702.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.97 mb = 3343.50 m = 10969.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.23 mb = 544.37 m = 1785.96 ft T: 18.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1880.30 m = 6168.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 31.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 333.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.68 mb = 1101.19 m = 3612.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.68 mb = 2711.75 m = 8896.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.68 mb = 9845.47 m = 32301.03 ft B at Equ Level: 331.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.68 mb = 12022.70 m = 39444.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 172.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.01 Bulk Shear: 82.97 m/s