MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-89.81 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -89.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 990 144 22.0 20.3 90 1.6 20.9 179 6 296.0 298.7 294.4 340.2 15.36 2 950 505 19.4 18.6 95 0.8 18.8 197 15 296.9 299.5 293.9 338.2 14.32 3 900 969 16.9 16.5 98 0.4 16.7 201 20 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.6 13.27 4 850 1456 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 214 22 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.1 12.15 5 800 1967 11.3 11.1 98 0.2 11.2 217 25 303.2 305.2 292.9 334.3 10.43 6 750 2504 7.8 7.2 96 0.6 7.5 217 28 305.1 306.7 291.9 330.7 8.53 7 700 3071 4.6 1.9 82 2.8 3.1 218 30 307.6 308.8 290.8 326.8 6.26 8 650 3671 1.0 -2.2 79 3.2 -0.6 214 34 310.1 311.1 290.5 325.8 5.03 9 600 4311 -3.0 -6.1 79 3.1 -4.4 212 40 312.7 313.4 290.4 325.5 4.05 10 550 4994 -7.1 -9.6 82 2.5 -8.1 214 46 315.7 316.3 290.7 326.5 3.36 11 500 5733 -10.8 -12.9 84 2.1 -11.6 223 47 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.2 2.82 12 450 6535 -15.9 -17.9 85 2.0 -16.5 232 48 323.3 323.7 291.8 330.4 2.09 13 400 7412 -22.0 -24.7 79 2.6 -22.7 239 54 326.4 326.6 292.0 330.9 1.29 14 350 8379 -29.3 -32.4 75 3.1 -29.8 235 51 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.8 0.72 15 300 9458 -38.5 -42.0 69 3.5 -38.8 238 53 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.32 16 250 10681 -49.5 -53.1 66 3.6 -49.6 243 56 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12109 -55.4 -68.7 18 13.2 -55.6 251 83 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.02 18 150 13941 -56.8 -83.8 2 27.1 -57.1 243 66 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16438 -67.0 -87.3 4 20.3 -67.1 253 35 398.2 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.34 m Freezing level: 637.14 mb = 3835.62 m = 12583.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3576.06 m = 11732.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.16 mb = 349.58 m = 1146.89 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 795.88 m = 2611.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1165.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.33 mb = 703.12 m = 2306.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.33 mb = 1032.84 m = 3388.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.33 mb = 11403.14 m = 37411.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.33 mb = 14221.37 m = 46657.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 19.38 Bulk Shear: 60.10 m/s