MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.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 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.39,-90.66 Latitude: 38.39 Longitude: -90.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 984 196 18.8 15.1 79 3.7 16.4 186 5 293.3 295.3 290.2 324.8 11.04 2 950 503 21.3 15.4 69 5.8 17.4 226 29 298.8 300.9 292.4 332.8 11.68 3 900 972 20.0 13.1 64 6.9 15.5 252 35 302.1 304.1 292.6 333.4 10.58 4 850 1462 16.2 10.7 70 5.4 12.7 262 29 303.1 304.9 292.2 331.6 9.57 5 800 1975 12.8 8.1 73 4.7 10.0 263 21 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.4 8.50 6 750 2514 9.6 5.3 75 4.3 7.1 252 21 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.7 7.47 7 700 3084 6.9 -0.8 58 7.6 2.9 241 27 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.2 5.17 8 650 3688 2.0 -1.0 81 3.0 0.4 239 32 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.3 5.47 9 600 4328 -3.5 -4.7 91 1.3 -4.1 242 37 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.2 4.48 10 550 5010 -7.7 -13.8 62 6.1 -9.9 243 41 314.9 315.4 289.6 322.8 2.40 11 500 5746 -11.9 -20.4 49 8.5 -14.4 237 44 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.7 1.52 12 450 6543 -17.5 -25.0 52 7.6 -19.3 233 46 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.1 1.11 13 400 7415 -23.1 -28.8 60 5.7 -24.3 241 51 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.89 14 350 8379 -29.8 -39.7 38 9.8 -31.0 244 55 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.35 15 300 9456 -38.8 -48.6 35 9.8 -39.5 247 59 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.15 16 250 10678 -49.0 -53.4 59 4.5 -49.1 259 78 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 17 200 12120 -52.9 -71.3 9 18.4 -53.2 259 85 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13950 -60.0 -83.0 3 22.9 -60.2 254 74 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16419 -68.8 -87.2 5 18.3 -68.9 252 35 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.97 m Freezing level: 631.89 mb = 3919.97 m = 12860.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.24 mb = 3747.11 m = 12293.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.23 mb = 676.13 m = 2218.26 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 7.25 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.45 mb = 2171.03 m = 7122.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.91 mb = 1412.65 m = 4634.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.91 mb = 3813.37 m = 12510.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.91 mb = 8583.60 m = 28161.08 ft B at Equ Level: 252.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.91 mb = 11507.04 m = 37752.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.9 neg: -9.5 tot: 240.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 11.29 Bulk Shear: 22.45 m/s