MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.87,-90.87 Latitude: 37.87 Longitude: -90.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 972 315 19.2 12.8 66 6.4 15.2 213 7 294.8 296.5 289.5 322.4 9.61 2 950 517 21.9 13.7 60 8.2 16.6 226 30 299.4 301.3 291.7 330.0 10.45 3 900 985 19.5 12.3 63 7.3 14.9 240 36 301.6 303.5 292.0 331.2 10.00 4 850 1475 16.3 9.1 62 7.2 11.9 254 30 303.2 304.8 291.3 328.7 8.55 5 800 1988 13.3 4.5 55 8.8 8.3 252 19 305.3 306.5 290.4 325.4 6.62 6 750 2528 10.5 3.3 61 7.2 6.5 253 20 307.9 309.2 291.1 327.8 6.49 7 700 3099 6.9 -1.9 54 8.8 2.4 252 26 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.0 4.76 8 650 3703 2.3 -8.3 45 10.6 -2.3 245 29 311.6 312.1 289.2 321.6 3.15 9 600 4344 -1.9 -19.0 26 17.1 -7.5 241 34 314.0 314.2 288.3 318.7 1.42 10 550 5030 -5.6 -40.6 4 35.0 -12.3 245 36 317.4 317.5 288.2 318.2 0.20 11 500 5770 -10.6 -51.3 2 40.7 -16.2 246 37 320.1 320.1 288.8 320.3 0.07 12 450 6569 -16.8 -42.8 9 26.0 -20.6 245 39 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.20 13 400 7441 -23.1 -43.1 14 20.0 -25.7 246 42 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.21 14 350 8407 -28.8 -50.5 11 21.7 -30.7 252 43 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.11 15 300 9489 -38.0 -49.5 29 11.5 -38.8 257 50 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.14 16 250 10713 -48.8 -53.8 56 5.0 -49.0 262 59 333.5 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.10 17 200 12158 -54.0 -70.6 11 16.6 -54.2 254 71 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 18 150 13978 -60.9 -82.5 4 21.6 -61.1 262 75 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16436 -68.7 -87.0 5 18.3 -68.8 251 31 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.75 m Freezing level: 622.46 mb = 4055.77 m = 13306.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.48 mb = 3401.64 m = 11160.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.95 mb = 1139.44 m = 3738.28 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.05 mb = 2740.13 m = 8989.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.61 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 27.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5222.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.15 mb = 1736.22 m = 5696.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.0 neg: -23.9 tot: 175.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.04 Bulk Shear: 10.35 m/s