MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-90.83 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -90.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 981 228 21.2 20.0 93 1.2 20.4 193 7 296.0 298.7 294.2 339.5 15.14 2 950 509 19.5 19.1 98 0.4 19.2 196 19 297.0 299.7 294.3 339.9 14.84 3 900 974 17.3 17.2 99 0.2 17.2 200 25 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.8 13.83 4 850 1462 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 209 28 301.7 304.0 293.7 337.6 12.14 5 800 1974 11.7 10.9 95 0.8 11.2 213 28 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.4 10.31 6 750 2511 8.1 6.9 93 1.1 7.4 213 27 305.3 306.9 291.9 330.5 8.37 7 700 3078 5.1 2.0 80 3.1 3.4 213 28 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.5 6.33 8 650 3679 1.0 -1.7 82 2.7 -0.3 211 33 310.1 311.1 290.7 326.3 5.22 9 600 4318 -3.0 -4.8 87 1.8 -3.8 210 37 312.7 313.5 290.8 326.8 4.47 10 550 5003 -6.7 -7.7 93 1.0 -7.1 213 41 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.7 3.89 11 500 5744 -10.0 -11.4 89 1.4 -10.6 222 44 320.8 321.4 292.1 331.4 3.19 12 450 6548 -15.1 -17.1 84 2.0 -15.7 231 45 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.9 2.22 13 400 7428 -21.2 -24.2 77 3.0 -22.0 238 48 327.5 327.7 292.3 332.2 1.36 14 350 8398 -28.6 -31.5 76 2.9 -29.1 233 46 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.79 15 300 9481 -37.7 -40.8 72 3.1 -38.0 241 50 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 16 250 10707 -48.9 -52.1 69 3.3 -49.0 253 57 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 17 200 12132 -58.6 -63.5 53 4.9 -58.7 258 85 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 13959 -57.6 -82.8 3 25.2 -57.9 245 61 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16444 -67.6 -87.3 4 19.7 -67.7 259 41 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.49 m Freezing level: 637.34 mb = 3840.71 m = 12600.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.42 mb = 3623.77 m = 11888.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.94 mb = 382.96 m = 1256.42 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 815.33 m = 2674.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.86 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 36.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1232.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.88 mb = 739.83 m = 2427.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.88 mb = 1167.41 m = 3830.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.88 mb = 12135.67 m = 39814.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1218.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.88 mb = 14387.09 m = 47201.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.4 neg: -1.6 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 30.47 Bulk Shear: 40.45 m/s