MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.46,-91.94 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -91.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 967 373 20.2 18.2 88 2.1 18.8 224 7 296.2 298.7 293.2 335.7 13.70 2 950 527 19.1 17.1 88 2.0 17.8 228 17 296.6 298.9 292.8 334.1 13.00 3 900 991 17.4 15.7 90 1.7 16.3 238 30 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.2 12.57 4 850 1480 15.5 14.1 91 1.4 14.6 248 34 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.7 11.95 5 800 1992 12.5 12.1 98 0.3 12.3 256 26 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.8 11.17 6 750 2532 9.3 8.6 95 0.7 8.8 230 23 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.9 9.37 7 700 3102 6.2 3.5 83 2.7 4.6 222 29 309.3 310.7 292.0 331.0 7.05 8 650 3704 1.2 -0.9 86 2.1 0.1 229 35 310.3 311.3 291.0 327.4 5.52 9 600 4343 -3.3 -7.0 75 3.8 -4.9 236 40 312.3 313.1 290.0 324.3 3.76 10 550 5026 -7.6 -10.5 79 3.0 -8.8 237 43 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.2 3.12 11 500 5763 -11.7 -13.6 86 1.9 -12.3 237 44 318.8 319.4 291.0 327.7 2.69 12 450 6563 -16.7 -21.2 68 4.6 -18.0 240 46 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.56 13 400 7437 -22.2 -27.6 62 5.4 -23.4 241 47 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.7 0.99 14 350 8403 -29.8 -36.3 53 6.5 -30.7 239 51 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.49 15 300 9480 -38.7 -46.4 44 7.7 -39.3 243 61 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.5 0.20 16 250 10704 -48.3 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.4 249 79 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12140 -54.6 -67.6 19 12.9 -54.9 251 91 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13964 -60.7 -82.5 4 21.9 -60.9 254 79 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16428 -68.7 -87.6 5 18.9 -68.8 249 41 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.23 m Freezing level: 636.74 mb = 3873.81 m = 12709.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.64 mb = 3721.08 m = 12208.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.20 mb = 634.34 m = 2081.16 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1593.01 m = 5226.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 686.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.93 mb = 1068.23 m = 3504.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.93 mb = 2904.43 m = 9528.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.93 mb = 10783.73 m = 35379.28 ft B at Equ Level: 685.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.93 mb = 13285.97 m = 43588.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.5 neg: -19.0 tot: 132.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 21.74 Bulk Shear: 31.57 m/s