MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.05,-90.63 Latitude: 39.05 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 987 169 22.5 18.5 78 3.9 19.8 230 9 296.7 299.2 293.4 336.2 13.70 2 950 500 19.2 16.5 84 2.7 17.4 230 19 296.6 298.9 292.4 332.7 12.50 3 900 964 16.8 12.3 74 4.6 14.0 239 28 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.1 10.01 4 850 1450 14.4 7.4 63 7.1 10.3 240 31 301.2 302.6 289.9 323.8 7.60 5 800 1959 10.8 3.9 62 7.0 7.0 239 30 302.7 303.9 289.3 321.7 6.32 6 750 2493 6.4 2.1 74 4.3 4.1 246 29 303.5 304.6 289.2 321.5 5.95 7 700 3055 2.2 0.2 86 2.0 1.2 259 30 304.9 306.0 289.3 321.8 5.55 8 650 3649 -1.3 -7.4 63 6.1 -3.9 265 35 307.5 308.2 288.1 318.1 3.38 9 600 4283 -5.1 -8.3 78 3.2 -6.4 260 43 310.2 310.9 289.0 321.0 3.41 10 550 4962 -9.0 -11.0 85 2.0 -9.8 251 48 313.4 314.0 289.7 323.0 2.99 11 500 5695 -13.0 -14.6 88 1.5 -13.6 240 50 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.3 2.47 12 450 6490 -17.6 -19.1 88 1.5 -18.0 232 52 321.2 321.5 291.0 327.5 1.88 13 400 7362 -23.3 -25.3 83 2.0 -23.7 226 57 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.0 1.22 14 350 8324 -30.7 -33.7 75 2.9 -31.2 225 65 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.64 15 300 9397 -39.7 -43.2 69 3.6 -40.0 221 69 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.28 16 250 10613 -50.7 -54.0 68 3.2 -50.8 222 78 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12044 -53.6 -75.0 6 21.4 -53.9 249 84 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13887 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.3 -57.8 254 58 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16394 -65.0 -87.3 3 22.3 -65.1 247 42 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.10 m Freezing level: 668.18 mb = 3433.17 m = 11263.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.31 mb = 3189.70 m = 10464.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.79 mb = 666.40 m = 2186.33 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1577.95 m = 5176.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 528.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.90 mb = 1078.99 m = 3539.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.90 mb = 2137.57 m = 7012.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.90 mb = 10798.00 m = 35426.08 ft B at Equ Level: 514.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.90 mb = 12275.47 m = 40273.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 125.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 9.16 Bulk Shear: 57.70 m/s