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: 38.66,-91.93 Latitude: 38.66 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 982 210 22.0 19.7 87 2.3 20.4 232 8 296.6 299.3 294.2 339.5 14.85 2 950 500 20.1 17.1 83 3.0 18.1 230 15 297.6 300.0 293.2 335.3 13.03 3 900 965 17.3 12.7 75 4.5 14.4 243 16 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.6 10.34 4 850 1451 14.0 8.2 68 5.8 10.5 255 18 300.8 302.3 290.1 324.5 8.03 5 800 1959 10.5 4.4 66 6.1 7.1 257 21 302.3 303.5 289.3 322.0 6.57 6 750 2493 6.2 2.1 75 4.1 4.0 252 25 303.3 304.4 289.1 321.2 5.94 7 700 3054 1.8 0.4 90 1.4 1.1 244 28 304.5 305.5 289.2 321.6 5.64 8 650 3649 -0.9 -2.1 91 1.2 -1.5 239 34 308.0 308.9 289.8 323.6 5.05 9 600 4284 -4.6 -5.4 94 0.8 -5.0 239 41 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.2 4.27 10 550 4965 -8.4 -9.2 94 0.8 -8.7 239 45 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.3 3.46 11 500 5699 -12.6 -13.7 91 1.2 -13.0 237 47 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.4 2.64 12 450 6495 -17.6 -19.3 87 1.7 -18.1 234 49 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.4 1.85 13 400 7367 -23.1 -25.3 82 2.2 -23.6 228 53 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.2 1.22 14 350 8331 -30.0 -32.8 76 2.8 -30.4 223 60 328.3 328.5 291.9 330.8 0.69 15 300 9407 -39.1 -42.3 72 3.2 -39.4 223 69 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.31 16 250 10627 -49.8 -53.1 68 3.3 -50.0 220 80 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.11 17 200 12056 -53.8 -71.0 11 17.1 -54.1 243 94 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13901 -57.5 -82.7 3 25.2 -57.8 255 55 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16401 -64.9 -87.3 3 22.4 -65.0 251 44 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.75 m Freezing level: 666.33 mb = 3454.81 m = 11334.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.16 mb = 3296.76 m = 10816.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.02 mb = 500.19 m = 1641.02 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1404.16 m = 4606.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.65 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 709.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.85 mb = 1109.60 m = 3640.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.85 mb = 1856.54 m = 6090.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.85 mb = 10892.51 m = 35736.14 ft B at Equ Level: 693.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.85 mb = 12736.75 m = 41786.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 48.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 15.09 Bulk Shear: 46.99 m/s