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: 38.15,-93.85 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 976 252 23.3 18.9 77 4.3 20.2 212 8 298.5 301.1 294.3 339.9 14.24 2 950 486 21.4 17.9 81 3.4 19.0 216 13 298.9 301.4 294.0 338.9 13.73 3 900 952 17.3 16.3 94 1.1 16.7 219 14 299.4 301.7 293.7 337.5 13.04 4 850 1439 14.7 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 220 14 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.0 10.30 5 800 1951 13.8 0.4 40 13.3 6.7 229 14 305.8 306.7 289.0 320.9 4.93 6 750 2492 10.3 -7.5 28 17.8 2.3 254 18 307.8 308.3 287.8 317.0 2.90 7 700 3060 5.4 -5.1 47 10.5 0.5 255 25 308.5 309.2 288.8 320.2 3.74 8 650 3659 0.0 -1.6 89 1.6 -0.8 246 31 309.0 309.9 290.3 325.2 5.23 9 600 4296 -4.0 -4.1 99 0.1 -4.1 240 37 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.3 4.71 10 550 4976 -9.3 -9.6 98 0.3 -9.4 245 41 313.0 313.6 289.9 323.8 3.36 11 500 5706 -14.0 -15.7 87 1.7 -14.6 241 45 315.9 316.4 289.8 323.3 2.24 12 450 6500 -18.1 -20.0 85 1.9 -18.7 234 50 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.4 1.73 13 400 7370 -23.8 -26.3 79 2.5 -24.4 229 66 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.0 1.11 14 350 8330 -31.0 -33.7 77 2.7 -31.4 223 69 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.63 15 300 9403 -39.7 -42.5 74 2.8 -39.9 218 69 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.30 16 250 10622 -49.6 -52.8 69 3.2 -49.7 213 80 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 17 200 12065 -53.5 -81.6 2 28.1 -53.8 245 74 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.00 18 150 13900 -57.3 -82.2 3 24.9 -57.6 258 57 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16410 -65.8 -87.2 4 21.4 -66.0 255 43 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.31 m Freezing level: 649.99 mb = 3659.32 m = 12005.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.05 mb = 3281.72 m = 10766.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.20 mb = 798.49 m = 2619.68 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 22.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1169.46 m = 3836.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.23 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 30.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1455.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.29 mb = 1025.61 m = 3364.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.29 mb = 2632.34 m = 8636.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.29 mb = 11237.92 m = 36869.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1442.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.29 mb = 14013.14 m = 45974.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: -3.6 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 34.12 Bulk Shear: 42.66 m/s