MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.71,-90.39 Latitude: 38.71 Longitude: -90.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 987 170 23.9 19.7 78 4.2 20.9 201 8 298.1 300.8 294.6 341.0 14.79 2 950 504 20.5 17.5 83 3.0 18.5 215 16 298.0 300.4 293.5 336.7 13.34 3 900 970 18.1 13.1 72 5.0 14.9 225 19 300.2 302.1 292.1 331.3 10.60 4 850 1459 17.5 4.7 43 12.8 10.2 246 25 304.5 305.6 289.8 323.5 6.31 5 800 1973 14.3 -0.0 37 14.3 6.8 252 31 306.4 307.3 289.0 321.1 4.77 6 750 2513 9.6 -1.1 47 10.7 4.1 251 35 307.0 307.9 289.2 321.5 4.71 7 700 3080 4.4 -1.6 65 6.0 1.4 248 39 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.4 4.87 8 650 3678 -0.5 -3.0 83 2.5 -1.7 248 45 308.4 309.2 289.7 323.0 4.72 9 600 4313 -4.9 -6.1 91 1.2 -5.5 248 49 310.4 311.2 289.7 323.1 4.04 10 550 4992 -8.9 -9.8 93 0.9 -9.2 244 50 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.2 3.30 11 500 5726 -12.6 -14.0 90 1.3 -13.1 238 49 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.2 2.60 12 450 6522 -17.5 -19.1 87 1.6 -18.0 232 48 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.6 1.88 13 400 7394 -23.7 -25.9 82 2.2 -24.1 229 52 324.2 324.5 291.2 328.3 1.16 14 350 8355 -30.6 -32.9 81 2.3 -31.0 227 60 327.4 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.69 15 300 9429 -39.6 -41.8 79 2.3 -39.8 228 70 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.32 16 250 10648 -49.4 -52.6 69 3.2 -49.6 239 92 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.12 17 200 12087 -53.4 -73.1 7 19.7 -53.7 250 88 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13918 -58.5 -82.1 3 23.6 -58.7 248 67 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16413 -66.4 -87.3 4 20.9 -66.5 249 40 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.40 m Freezing level: 655.47 mb = 3612.71 m = 11852.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.47 mb = 3344.05 m = 10971.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.32 mb = 693.80 m = 2276.23 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.96 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.68 mb = 2050.24 m = 6726.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.13 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 985.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.66 mb = 1136.26 m = 3727.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.66 mb = 2761.57 m = 9060.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.66 mb = 10974.32 m = 36004.56 ft B at Equ Level: 974.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.66 mb = 13601.00 m = 44622.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 10.34 Bulk Shear: 95.29 m/s