MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F000.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: RUC analysis for 0300Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.73,-90.53 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -90.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 156 21.9 14.2 62 7.6 17.0 174 5 295.8 297.7 290.5 325.7 10.35 2 950 522 22.4 13.6 57 8.8 16.7 193 27 299.9 301.8 291.8 330.3 10.36 3 900 990 18.8 12.3 66 6.4 14.7 210 30 300.8 302.7 291.8 330.5 10.05 4 850 1477 14.4 10.5 77 3.9 12.0 214 30 301.2 303.0 291.5 329.0 9.40 5 800 1987 11.4 2.5 54 8.9 6.6 222 28 303.3 304.4 288.9 320.7 5.74 6 750 2524 10.7 -8.7 25 19.3 2.1 236 27 308.1 308.6 287.6 316.5 2.64 7 700 3096 8.3 -13.2 20 21.5 -0.4 252 26 311.7 312.0 288.1 318.1 1.97 8 650 3703 3.9 -6.7 46 10.6 -1.0 259 23 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.7 3.56 9 600 4347 -1.2 -6.3 68 5.2 -3.6 255 23 314.7 315.5 291.0 327.4 3.97 10 550 5035 -6.0 -13.7 54 7.7 -8.9 251 25 317.0 317.5 290.3 324.9 2.41 11 500 5774 -10.9 -26.9 26 15.9 -14.9 254 27 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.7 0.85 12 450 6573 -16.6 -38.1 14 21.5 -20.2 255 28 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.32 13 400 7447 -22.5 -50.7 6 28.2 -25.4 255 28 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.09 14 350 8412 -29.7 -53.8 8 24.1 -31.6 259 31 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.07 15 300 9492 -37.6 -58.2 10 20.6 -38.6 265 33 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 16 250 10727 -45.6 -64.7 10 19.2 -46.2 254 33 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 17 200 12181 -54.7 -70.3 13 15.6 -54.9 254 49 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13992 -60.5 -83.8 3 23.3 -60.7 265 45 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.7 -86.9 6 18.2 -68.8 263 29 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.62 m Freezing level: 611.76 mb = 4195.64 m = 13765.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.75 mb = 3004.71 m = 9857.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.07 mb = 1132.47 m = 3715.40 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.91 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2863.39 m = 9394.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.25 C = 97.25 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.18 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 14.33 Risk: None Sweat Index: 317.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5148.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.12 mb = 1595.61 m = 5234.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 246.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 44.60 m/s