MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.75,-90.71 Latitude: 38.75 Longitude: -90.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 987 177 23.2 16.6 66 6.6 18.8 228 10 297.5 299.7 292.4 332.6 12.13 2 950 511 20.3 14.7 71 5.5 16.7 241 22 297.8 299.8 291.7 330.2 11.17 3 900 977 18.8 14.3 75 4.5 15.8 252 32 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.5 11.43 4 850 1467 16.8 12.0 74 4.7 13.7 241 31 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.8 10.45 5 800 1982 13.5 8.0 69 5.5 10.2 236 31 305.5 307.1 292.0 330.9 8.43 6 750 2522 9.4 3.7 68 5.7 6.2 244 35 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.0 6.65 7 700 3089 5.2 -4.7 49 9.9 0.5 249 39 308.3 309.0 288.8 320.3 3.87 8 650 3689 0.9 -13.1 34 14.0 -4.4 253 42 310.0 310.4 287.8 316.9 2.14 9 600 4327 -3.7 -14.9 41 11.2 -7.7 250 46 311.9 312.2 288.2 318.4 2.00 10 550 5008 -8.0 -15.1 57 7.1 -10.5 246 49 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.6 2.14 11 500 5742 -12.7 -19.4 58 6.6 -14.7 242 52 317.5 317.8 289.7 323.1 1.65 12 450 6536 -18.2 -30.0 35 11.8 -20.6 242 54 320.4 320.5 289.6 322.9 0.70 13 400 7405 -24.1 -42.8 16 18.8 -26.4 243 56 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.22 14 350 8365 -30.5 -46.6 19 16.1 -32.0 243 63 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 15 300 9441 -39.1 -49.7 31 10.7 -39.8 244 71 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.14 16 250 10663 -48.8 -52.2 67 3.4 -49.0 251 87 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 17 200 12097 -55.1 -68.4 18 13.3 -55.3 254 91 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 13924 -59.1 -82.0 4 22.9 -59.3 256 68 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16409 -67.2 -87.5 4 20.3 -67.3 242 35 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.81 m Freezing level: 639.87 mb = 3818.42 m = 12527.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.51 mb = 3152.99 m = 10344.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.01 mb = 1015.56 m = 3331.83 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2157.10 m = 7077.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.20 mb = 1315.49 m = 4315.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.20 mb = 3203.41 m = 10509.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.20 mb = 9663.44 m = 31703.82 ft B at Equ Level: 448.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.20 mb = 12416.29 m = 40735.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.3 neg: -20.4 tot: 133.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 7.72 Bulk Shear: 58.14 m/s