MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.20,-92.79 Latitude: 38.20 Longitude: -92.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 977 244 21.3 20.0 92 1.3 20.4 198 7 296.4 299.1 294.4 340.3 15.23 2 950 487 19.1 18.8 98 0.3 18.9 215 18 296.6 299.2 293.9 338.3 14.48 3 900 951 17.0 16.2 95 0.7 16.5 219 27 299.0 301.4 293.6 336.9 13.00 4 850 1437 13.9 11.6 86 2.3 12.4 222 32 300.7 302.6 291.9 330.6 10.14 5 800 1946 10.7 7.1 78 3.6 8.6 224 36 302.6 304.0 290.6 326.2 7.92 6 750 2482 7.0 4.7 85 2.4 5.7 224 37 304.2 305.5 290.5 325.7 7.13 7 700 3045 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 222 38 305.8 307.0 290.4 325.5 6.50 8 650 3643 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 222 40 309.0 310.1 290.8 326.9 5.80 9 600 4280 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 224 42 311.8 312.7 290.8 326.7 4.74 10 550 4963 -7.4 -8.0 95 0.6 -7.7 224 44 315.3 316.1 291.0 327.5 3.80 11 500 5701 -11.3 -12.2 92 1.0 -11.6 223 46 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.2 2.99 12 450 6502 -15.9 -17.2 90 1.3 -16.3 222 49 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.7 2.21 13 400 7379 -21.9 -23.7 85 1.8 -22.4 222 58 326.5 326.8 292.1 331.4 1.41 14 350 8347 -29.4 -32.0 79 2.5 -29.9 220 62 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.8 0.75 15 300 9426 -38.2 -41.1 75 2.8 -38.5 212 56 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.35 16 250 10650 -49.3 -52.5 70 3.1 -49.5 209 59 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.12 17 200 12077 -55.1 -67.7 20 12.6 -55.4 239 64 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 13912 -58.1 -82.6 3 24.5 -58.3 262 55 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16424 -65.0 -87.2 3 22.2 -65.2 255 40 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.26 m Freezing level: 649.26 mb = 3652.00 m = 11981.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.77 mb = 3620.63 m = 11878.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.33 mb = 402.49 m = 1320.49 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 921.13 m = 3022.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.71 C = 74.68 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.91 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1115.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.82 mb = 791.94 m = 2598.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.82 mb = 1124.55 m = 3689.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.82 mb = 11132.97 m = 36525.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1115.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.82 mb = 13834.86 m = 45389.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 134.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 18.26 Bulk Shear: 61.12 m/s