MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-91.85 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 963 383 19.9 18.3 90 1.6 18.8 207 10 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.2 13.86 2 950 496 19.5 18.1 92 1.3 18.6 212 20 297.0 299.5 293.6 337.2 13.92 3 900 960 16.3 14.1 87 2.2 14.8 217 29 298.3 300.3 292.0 331.1 11.28 4 850 1445 14.0 9.6 75 4.4 11.3 215 36 300.8 302.4 290.8 326.9 8.86 5 800 1954 11.1 6.9 75 4.3 8.6 218 40 303.0 304.4 290.6 326.3 7.80 6 750 2490 7.5 4.4 81 3.1 5.8 221 43 304.7 306.0 290.5 325.9 7.01 7 700 3055 3.4 2.5 94 0.9 2.9 224 45 306.3 307.5 290.6 326.2 6.54 8 650 3653 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 230 47 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.3 6.04 9 600 4293 -2.3 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 237 48 313.4 314.5 291.7 330.1 5.30 10 550 4980 -5.9 -6.2 97 0.3 -6.0 239 47 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.37 11 500 5722 -10.0 -10.7 95 0.7 -10.3 237 45 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.0 3.38 12 450 6527 -14.8 -15.9 91 1.1 -15.2 232 44 324.7 325.2 292.5 333.0 2.47 13 400 7408 -20.5 -22.0 87 1.6 -20.9 227 45 328.4 328.7 292.9 334.2 1.64 14 350 8382 -27.7 -30.0 81 2.3 -28.1 222 48 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.90 15 300 9469 -36.8 -40.2 71 3.3 -37.2 217 51 333.5 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 16 250 10699 -48.3 -51.1 73 2.8 -48.4 212 49 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.14 17 200 12136 -54.8 -70.0 14 15.2 -55.1 242 71 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13945 -60.7 -81.2 5 20.5 -60.9 262 61 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16443 -67.6 -87.3 4 19.7 -67.7 254 44 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.94 m Freezing level: 639.70 mb = 3785.02 m = 12417.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3745.77 m = 12289.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.05 mb = 586.32 m = 1923.59 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1437.21 m = 4715.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 2.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.56 mb = 1116.42 m = 3662.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.56 mb = 2179.99 m = 7152.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.56 mb = 5898.51 m = 19351.83 ft B at Equ Level: 131.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.56 mb = 9045.76 m = 29677.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 249.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 2.13 Bulk Shear: 61.77 m/s