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: 37.23,-91.48 Latitude: 37.23 Longitude: -91.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 313 21.9 20.3 91 1.6 20.8 152 6 297.6 300.4 295.0 342.9 15.64 2 950 504 20.3 19.2 93 1.1 19.6 171 11 297.8 300.5 294.6 341.1 14.94 3 900 970 18.1 16.8 92 1.3 17.2 192 18 300.1 302.6 294.2 339.6 13.48 4 850 1458 15.2 13.2 88 2.0 13.8 201 22 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.3 11.26 5 800 1970 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.1 203 23 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.97 6 750 2508 9.5 3.2 65 6.2 6.0 209 24 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.6 6.45 7 700 3077 5.6 0.4 69 5.2 2.8 224 29 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.0 5.64 8 650 3678 0.4 -1.1 90 1.5 -0.3 228 36 309.4 310.5 290.6 326.3 5.45 9 600 4316 -3.6 -4.7 92 1.1 -4.1 224 43 312.0 312.8 290.6 326.2 4.50 10 550 4998 -7.5 -8.8 90 1.3 -8.1 223 48 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.6 3.57 11 500 5736 -10.8 -12.6 87 1.8 -11.5 226 52 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.4 2.90 12 450 6539 -16.0 -18.1 84 2.1 -16.7 231 53 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.1 2.04 13 400 7415 -22.3 -25.0 79 2.7 -22.9 236 55 326.0 326.2 291.8 330.4 1.26 14 350 8381 -29.6 -32.1 79 2.5 -30.0 232 51 328.8 329.0 292.2 331.6 0.74 15 300 9460 -38.6 -41.4 75 2.8 -38.9 243 62 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.34 16 250 10682 -49.5 -53.6 62 4.2 -49.6 255 74 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 17 200 12114 -55.0 -67.8 19 12.8 -55.3 251 93 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13943 -57.9 -82.6 3 24.7 -58.2 245 67 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.0 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 256 44 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.34 m Freezing level: 644.85 mb = 3743.55 m = 12281.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.24 mb = 3612.70 m = 11852.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.86 mb = 514.21 m = 1687.01 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 16.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.01 mb = 1132.79 m = 3716.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 34.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1471.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.25 mb = 938.92 m = 3080.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.25 mb = 1475.71 m = 4841.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.25 mb = 11553.60 m = 37905.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1464.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.25 mb = 14445.45 m = 47392.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 15.30 Bulk Shear: 96.19 m/s