MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F015.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 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.23,-90.28 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 987 170 20.5 19.8 96 0.7 20.0 155 3 294.8 297.4 293.7 337.4 14.88 2 950 495 19.0 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 219 17 296.4 298.9 293.2 335.5 13.57 3 900 958 16.2 13.6 85 2.6 14.6 223 25 298.2 300.2 291.7 330.1 10.96 4 850 1443 13.6 9.6 76 4.1 11.2 220 31 300.4 302.0 290.7 326.5 8.83 5 800 1951 10.7 6.8 77 3.9 8.5 221 37 302.6 304.0 290.5 325.8 7.79 6 750 2487 7.0 4.4 84 2.6 5.6 224 41 304.2 305.5 290.4 325.3 7.02 7 700 3050 2.7 2.3 97 0.4 2.5 230 45 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.0 6.45 8 650 3647 0.1 -0.0 99 0.1 0.0 236 48 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.2 5.88 9 600 4286 -2.7 -2.9 99 0.2 -2.8 240 48 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.2 5.15 10 550 4973 -6.1 -6.6 97 0.4 -6.3 240 46 316.8 317.7 291.9 330.5 4.26 11 500 5714 -10.2 -11.0 94 0.8 -10.5 236 45 320.6 321.3 292.1 331.5 3.30 12 450 6517 -15.2 -16.5 90 1.3 -15.7 231 48 324.1 324.5 292.3 332.0 2.34 13 400 7397 -21.2 -22.9 86 1.7 -21.7 225 53 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.7 1.51 14 350 8367 -28.5 -30.8 80 2.3 -28.9 220 53 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.4 0.84 15 300 9450 -37.8 -40.2 78 2.4 -38.0 216 51 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.6 0.38 16 250 10675 -49.2 -51.3 78 2.1 -49.3 214 53 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.14 17 200 12110 -53.8 -70.3 11 16.6 -54.1 243 76 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13933 -59.8 -81.7 4 22.0 -60.0 262 57 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16435 -64.8 -87.3 3 22.4 -65.0 248 38 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.72 m Freezing level: 648.46 mb = 3666.94 m = 12030.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.65 mb = 3651.59 m = 11980.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.10 mb = 252.78 m = 829.31 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.02 mb = 1043.10 m = 3422.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.31 C = 75.75 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.97 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.75 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.91 mb = 826.59 m = 2711.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.91 mb = 1653.52 m = 5424.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.91 mb = 7984.83 m = 26196.63 ft B at Equ Level: 270.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.91 mb = 12144.92 m = 39845.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 276.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 2.72 Bulk Shear: 99.67 m/s