MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.13,-90.67 Latitude: 37.13 Longitude: -90.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 985 206 21.4 19.8 90 1.7 20.3 231 5 295.8 298.5 294.0 338.7 14.90 2 950 523 19.0 18.6 97 0.5 18.7 229 15 296.5 299.1 293.7 337.7 14.30 3 900 987 17.0 16.6 97 0.4 16.7 227 21 299.0 301.5 293.8 337.9 13.31 4 850 1475 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.6 229 29 302.0 304.3 293.8 338.0 12.18 5 800 1987 11.8 11.6 98 0.2 11.7 230 27 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.79 6 750 2525 8.3 8.1 99 0.2 8.2 227 23 305.6 307.3 292.5 333.0 9.09 7 700 3093 5.7 0.4 68 5.4 2.9 221 25 308.8 309.9 290.6 326.2 5.62 8 650 3695 1.6 -2.4 75 4.0 -0.4 222 30 310.7 311.6 290.6 326.1 4.92 9 600 4334 -3.4 -4.0 96 0.5 -3.7 224 36 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.1 4.75 10 550 5018 -7.5 -9.4 86 1.9 -8.3 222 41 315.1 315.8 290.6 326.1 3.41 11 500 5755 -11.1 -13.1 85 2.0 -11.8 224 40 319.5 320.1 291.3 328.8 2.79 12 450 6556 -16.0 -18.2 83 2.2 -16.7 231 39 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.0 2.03 13 400 7433 -21.9 -27.2 62 5.3 -23.1 238 45 326.5 326.7 291.7 330.2 1.03 14 350 8401 -29.2 -34.6 59 5.4 -30.0 238 50 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.6 0.58 15 300 9481 -38.3 -42.8 63 4.5 -38.7 243 54 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.29 16 250 10706 -48.5 -51.1 75 2.5 -48.7 247 75 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 17 200 12145 -53.8 -72.0 9 18.2 -54.1 251 88 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13971 -60.2 -82.5 4 22.4 -60.4 244 75 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16443 -68.3 -87.6 5 19.3 -68.4 253 35 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.55 m Freezing level: 634.46 mb = 3893.76 m = 12774.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.72 mb = 3611.38 m = 11848.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.98 mb = 413.94 m = 1358.06 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 11.90 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 850.42 m = 2790.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.88 C = 74.99 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 35.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 998.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.61 mb = 746.22 m = 2448.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.61 mb = 1772.03 m = 5813.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.61 mb = 11226.66 m = 36832.42 ft B at Equ Level: 987.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.61 mb = 13945.29 m = 45751.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.2 neg: -15.1 tot: 54.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 24.04 Bulk Shear: 41.54 m/s