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: 37.51,-92.17 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 967 370 20.2 18.2 88 2.0 18.9 229 9 296.2 298.7 293.3 335.8 13.75 2 950 527 19.0 17.3 90 1.7 17.9 229 17 296.5 298.9 293.0 334.6 13.21 3 900 991 16.7 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 239 29 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.5 12.62 4 850 1478 15.2 14.5 96 0.7 14.7 248 35 302.0 304.3 293.9 338.4 12.31 5 800 1991 12.5 11.9 96 0.6 12.1 258 28 304.5 306.5 293.7 337.4 11.01 6 750 2530 9.2 8.3 94 0.9 8.6 237 24 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.3 9.19 7 700 3100 6.2 3.2 81 3.0 4.5 226 30 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.5 6.89 8 650 3703 1.2 -2.1 79 3.3 -0.4 229 36 310.4 311.3 290.6 326.1 5.05 9 600 4341 -3.5 -7.8 72 4.3 -5.4 234 40 312.1 312.7 289.8 323.3 3.54 10 550 5023 -7.8 -9.7 86 1.9 -8.6 235 44 314.8 315.4 290.4 325.5 3.32 11 500 5760 -11.6 -12.9 91 1.2 -12.1 236 45 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.2 2.84 12 450 6560 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.5 238 46 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.5 1.78 13 400 7434 -22.3 -26.6 68 4.3 -23.3 240 47 326.0 326.2 291.7 329.8 1.09 14 350 8399 -30.0 -34.9 62 4.9 -30.7 237 50 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.56 15 300 9476 -39.0 -44.8 54 5.8 -39.5 241 61 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.3 0.24 16 250 10699 -48.4 -52.0 66 3.6 -48.6 248 81 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.13 17 200 12136 -54.5 -67.9 18 13.4 -54.8 251 92 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13960 -60.4 -82.4 4 22.0 -60.6 254 79 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16426 -68.4 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.5 249 41 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.04 m Freezing level: 637.00 mb = 3868.58 m = 12692.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.56 mb = 3645.71 m = 11960.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.46 mb = 622.47 m = 2042.19 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1462.34 m = 4797.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 38.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 712.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.33 mb = 996.84 m = 3270.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.33 mb = 2932.76 m = 9621.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.33 mb = 10847.08 m = 35587.09 ft B at Equ Level: 708.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.33 mb = 13381.57 m = 43902.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.0 neg: -13.6 tot: 119.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 21.01 Bulk Shear: 33.90 m/s