MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.15,-90.60 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -90.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 983 198 17.0 13.6 81 3.3 14.9 331 14 291.6 293.3 288.7 320.0 10.02 2 950 487 15.0 12.6 85 2.4 13.5 325 30 292.4 294.1 288.8 320.0 9.69 3 900 943 12.9 9.1 78 3.8 10.6 326 36 294.8 296.2 288.1 318.0 8.06 4 850 1422 10.9 8.0 82 2.9 9.2 318 30 297.5 299.0 289.0 320.7 7.94 5 800 1927 9.0 7.0 87 2.0 7.8 283 22 300.7 302.1 290.0 324.0 7.87 6 750 2459 6.4 3.8 84 2.6 4.9 256 33 303.5 304.7 289.9 323.6 6.70 7 700 3022 2.9 0.5 84 2.4 1.7 247 42 305.7 306.8 289.7 323.0 5.67 8 650 3619 -0.5 -2.8 85 2.3 -1.6 238 47 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.3 4.80 9 600 4255 -3.6 -8.8 67 5.2 -5.8 230 53 311.9 312.6 289.5 322.4 3.28 10 550 4938 -7.3 -14.5 56 7.2 -9.9 225 62 315.4 315.8 289.6 322.8 2.26 11 500 5675 -11.3 -12.0 94 0.7 -11.6 215 64 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.05 12 450 6475 -16.5 -17.0 96 0.5 -16.7 212 71 322.4 322.9 291.7 330.0 2.23 13 400 7349 -23.2 -27.3 69 4.1 -24.1 212 81 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.02 14 350 8314 -28.9 -64.2 2 35.3 -31.0 212 79 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.8 0.02 15 300 9398 -37.0 -44.1 48 7.1 -37.7 206 81 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.25 16 250 10632 -45.6 -58.8 21 13.2 -46.2 216 87 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.05 17 200 12101 -50.7 -75.9 3 25.2 -51.1 252 76 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13944 -59.8 -81.7 4 21.9 -60.0 242 64 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16430 -66.2 -87.1 4 20.8 -66.4 246 36 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.14 m Freezing level: 657.06 mb = 3534.39 m = 11595.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.24 mb = 3323.88 m = 10904.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.66 % Est. max temperature: 23.97 C = 75.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.26 mb = 618.64 m = 2029.64 ft T: 14.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.97 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.78 mb = 1918.61 m = 6294.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 5.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 27.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8392.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.54 mb = 1041.03 m = 3415.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.6 neg: -159.7 tot: -44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 313.85 m/s