MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.64,-88.71 Latitude: 37.64 Longitude: -88.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 990 161 23.5 20.7 84 2.9 21.5 177 5 297.5 300.4 295.0 342.9 15.67 2 950 521 20.1 18.6 91 1.6 19.1 200 13 297.6 300.2 294.1 339.1 14.32 3 900 986 17.9 15.8 87 2.1 16.5 203 21 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.8 12.60 4 850 1474 14.6 12.9 89 1.7 13.5 212 26 301.4 303.5 292.8 334.0 11.03 5 800 1984 10.9 10.2 95 0.8 10.4 220 27 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.9 9.79 6 750 2520 7.3 6.6 96 0.7 6.9 221 27 304.5 306.0 291.5 329.0 8.19 7 700 3086 5.3 1.7 78 3.6 3.4 219 28 308.3 309.5 291.0 327.4 6.21 8 650 3689 1.9 -1.3 79 3.2 0.3 216 31 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.9 5.37 9 600 4331 -1.9 -7.4 66 5.6 -4.3 217 37 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.6 3.65 10 550 5017 -6.7 -12.7 62 6.1 -8.9 221 43 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.7 2.61 11 500 5754 -11.4 -18.9 53 7.6 -13.7 225 43 319.2 319.5 290.3 325.0 1.71 12 450 6553 -16.4 -22.9 57 6.5 -18.1 229 40 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.3 1.35 13 400 7429 -22.0 -34.4 32 12.4 -24.2 239 44 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.52 14 350 8397 -29.0 -46.2 17 17.2 -30.7 238 54 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 15 300 9476 -38.4 -55.3 15 16.9 -39.4 239 61 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 16 250 10699 -49.3 -51.7 77 2.3 -49.4 241 66 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.13 17 200 12133 -55.8 -68.4 19 12.6 -56.0 250 76 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13951 -59.0 -82.1 3 23.1 -59.2 241 75 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16438 -67.4 -87.7 4 20.3 -67.5 256 38 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.79 m Freezing level: 624.63 mb = 4014.31 m = 13170.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.62 mb = 3730.35 m = 12238.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.56 mb = 524.62 m = 1721.16 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 15.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1098.20 m = 3602.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1226.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.46 mb = 867.96 m = 2847.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.46 mb = 1399.37 m = 4591.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.46 mb = 11595.07 m = 38041.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1214.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.46 mb = 14486.96 m = 47528.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 20.52 Bulk Shear: 59.75 m/s