MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 11Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.96,-90.55 Latitude: 38.96 Longitude: -90.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 989 156 17.5 13.2 76 4.2 14.8 181 5 291.6 293.3 288.5 319.1 9.71 2 950 505 22.0 14.9 64 7.2 17.3 232 32 299.5 301.6 292.4 332.4 11.24 3 900 973 19.8 13.2 66 6.6 15.5 246 34 301.9 303.9 292.6 333.4 10.65 4 850 1464 16.6 11.1 70 5.5 13.1 258 29 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.7 9.79 5 800 1977 12.8 9.2 79 3.6 10.6 262 23 304.8 306.5 292.3 332.3 9.17 6 750 2517 9.6 4.5 71 5.1 6.7 240 22 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.5 7.06 7 700 3086 6.7 0.3 64 6.4 3.3 235 30 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.3 5.60 8 650 3690 1.9 -1.8 76 3.7 0.0 245 38 311.1 312.1 290.9 327.2 5.16 9 600 4330 -3.2 -11.2 54 8.0 -6.3 250 41 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.2 2.71 10 550 5013 -7.2 -27.8 17 20.7 -12.3 247 39 315.6 315.7 288.1 318.0 0.71 11 500 5749 -11.6 -37.0 10 25.4 -16.3 239 40 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.32 12 450 6546 -17.2 -38.9 13 21.7 -20.7 238 45 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.29 13 400 7417 -23.4 -43.4 14 20.0 -25.9 245 51 324.5 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.20 14 350 8379 -30.2 -45.3 22 15.1 -31.7 246 57 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 15 300 9455 -39.3 -49.5 33 10.1 -40.0 244 60 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10675 -49.4 -53.2 64 3.8 -49.6 256 73 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12113 -53.7 -69.4 13 15.7 -54.0 258 86 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13946 -58.4 -82.5 3 24.2 -58.6 250 67 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16431 -67.9 -87.6 4 19.7 -68.0 251 38 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.68 m Freezing level: 631.14 mb = 3931.32 m = 12897.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.84 mb = 3692.05 m = 12112.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.66 mb = 701.68 m = 2302.07 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.70 mb = 2289.01 m = 7509.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.16 mb = 1431.85 m = 4697.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.16 mb = 4091.40 m = 13423.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.16 mb = 8014.82 m = 26295.02 ft B at Equ Level: 121.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.16 mb = 10722.14 m = 35177.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.7 neg: -11.1 tot: 257.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 5.99 Bulk Shear: 20.39 m/s