MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.55,-89.02 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -89.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 989 174 23.6 20.9 85 2.6 21.7 207 7 297.7 300.6 295.3 344.1 15.98 2 950 520 21.0 18.7 87 2.3 19.4 216 16 298.5 301.1 294.4 340.4 14.41 3 900 988 19.0 15.1 78 3.8 16.4 222 23 301.1 303.3 293.5 336.7 12.10 4 850 1476 15.1 12.3 83 2.8 13.3 223 25 302.0 303.9 292.6 333.5 10.65 5 800 1987 11.4 9.1 86 2.3 10.0 222 25 303.3 305.0 291.9 330.5 9.11 6 750 2524 8.8 4.8 76 3.9 6.5 221 24 306.1 307.4 291.2 328.0 7.22 7 700 3092 5.2 2.0 80 3.2 3.5 228 24 308.3 309.5 291.1 327.8 6.35 8 650 3693 0.6 -0.8 90 1.4 -0.2 230 27 309.6 310.7 290.8 326.8 5.55 9 600 4331 -3.4 -5.5 85 2.1 -4.3 224 35 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.6 4.24 10 550 5015 -7.3 -10.7 77 3.4 -8.7 222 43 315.4 316.0 290.4 325.4 3.08 11 500 5752 -11.3 -14.6 76 3.3 -12.5 225 44 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.5 2.47 12 450 6552 -16.2 -19.3 77 3.1 -17.1 232 40 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.1 1.84 13 400 7428 -22.3 -28.4 58 6.0 -23.6 240 46 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.3 0.92 14 350 8394 -29.6 -35.8 55 6.2 -30.4 241 52 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.8 0.51 15 300 9474 -37.9 -46.4 41 8.5 -38.6 249 68 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.20 16 250 10701 -48.1 -51.1 72 2.9 -48.3 248 80 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.0 0.14 17 200 12138 -54.9 -69.7 14 14.8 -55.1 250 90 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13961 -59.2 -82.9 3 23.7 -59.4 245 67 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16435 -67.9 -87.7 4 19.8 -68.0 254 41 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.79 m Freezing level: 642.70 mb = 3786.14 m = 12421.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.15 mb = 3666.12 m = 12027.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.35 mb = 507.58 m = 1665.26 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 18.67 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1281.94 m = 4205.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1324.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.20 mb = 995.11 m = 3264.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.20 mb = 1533.86 m = 5032.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.20 mb = 11402.42 m = 37409.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1316.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.20 mb = 14640.53 m = 48032.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.5 neg: -5.3 tot: 64.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 35.02 Bulk Shear: 37.81 m/s