MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.62,-91.29 Latitude: 38.62 Longitude: -91.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 984 205 20.4 17.1 81 3.4 18.2 226 4 294.9 297.2 291.9 330.8 12.53 2 950 511 20.1 15.6 76 4.4 17.1 237 25 297.6 299.7 292.2 331.9 11.83 3 900 976 18.3 14.8 80 3.6 16.0 255 33 300.4 302.5 293.0 335.0 11.80 4 850 1465 15.6 14.2 91 1.4 14.6 253 35 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.0 12.03 5 800 1978 12.4 11.7 96 0.7 11.9 243 30 304.3 306.3 293.5 336.8 10.86 6 750 2517 9.0 5.8 80 3.2 7.1 238 31 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.8 7.72 7 700 3085 5.7 -3.1 53 8.8 1.4 242 34 308.8 309.6 289.5 322.3 4.33 8 650 3686 1.2 -6.3 58 7.4 -2.2 244 38 310.3 311.0 289.3 321.9 3.68 9 600 4325 -3.1 -12.8 47 9.7 -6.8 242 42 312.5 313.0 288.8 320.3 2.39 10 550 5008 -7.4 -15.7 51 8.3 -10.3 241 47 315.3 315.7 289.3 322.0 2.04 11 500 5744 -12.0 -24.6 34 12.6 -15.3 240 52 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.1 1.04 12 450 6540 -17.3 -29.2 35 11.8 -19.9 238 54 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.1 0.76 13 400 7412 -23.5 -37.8 26 14.2 -25.6 238 56 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.37 14 350 8373 -30.5 -46.4 20 15.9 -32.0 240 61 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 15 300 9448 -39.2 -49.2 34 10.0 -39.8 243 66 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 16 250 10669 -49.1 -52.7 66 3.5 -49.3 252 82 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12101 -56.2 -66.9 25 10.7 -56.3 255 92 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 13922 -59.1 -82.0 4 22.9 -59.3 252 75 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16409 -67.3 -87.4 4 20.1 -67.5 250 36 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.80 m Freezing level: 636.28 mb = 3861.50 m = 12668.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.87 mb = 3309.95 m = 10859.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.71 mb = 631.97 m = 2073.35 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1808.33 m = 5932.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 26.11 C K Index: 32.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 457.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.49 mb = 1154.15 m = 3786.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.49 mb = 3243.23 m = 10640.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.49 mb = 10497.16 m = 34439.09 ft B at Equ Level: 455.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.49 mb = 12543.16 m = 41151.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.5 neg: -27.2 tot: 132.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 10.28 Bulk Shear: 44.54 m/s