MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F000.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 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.55,-90.50 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 975 284 24.1 17.9 68 6.2 19.8 239 6 299.4 301.8 293.9 338.3 13.34 2 950 511 21.7 17.6 77 4.2 18.9 226 12 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.4 13.42 3 900 979 18.2 17.2 94 1.0 17.5 228 15 300.3 302.8 294.5 340.8 13.84 4 850 1468 15.6 13.3 87 2.2 14.1 230 18 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.1 11.39 5 800 1981 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.4 234 23 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.2 11.30 6 750 2520 8.6 8.1 96 0.5 8.3 225 26 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.06 7 700 3088 5.5 3.7 88 1.8 4.4 215 30 308.5 309.9 291.8 330.4 7.13 8 650 3691 2.1 -0.7 81 2.8 0.7 215 35 311.4 312.5 291.4 328.9 5.60 9 600 4332 -2.2 -5.9 76 3.6 -3.9 220 41 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.6 4.11 10 550 5017 -7.1 -11.1 73 3.9 -8.7 221 45 315.6 316.2 290.4 325.3 2.99 11 500 5754 -11.6 -13.7 84 2.1 -12.3 223 44 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.7 2.66 12 450 6554 -16.0 -18.3 82 2.3 -16.7 226 42 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.0 2.01 13 400 7432 -21.2 -27.5 57 6.3 -22.7 235 51 327.4 327.6 292.0 331.0 1.00 14 350 8402 -28.7 -35.9 50 7.2 -29.8 241 59 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.9 0.51 15 300 9485 -37.2 -41.1 67 3.9 -37.5 251 59 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.35 16 250 10716 -47.8 -51.9 63 4.0 -48.0 256 72 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12153 -56.2 -62.5 45 6.3 -56.3 256 92 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 13972 -58.8 -83.3 3 24.6 -59.0 246 77 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16449 -67.9 -87.4 5 19.5 -68.0 250 39 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.89 m Freezing level: 625.50 mb = 4004.91 m = 13139.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.73 mb = 3780.71 m = 12403.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.03 mb = 1064.44 m = 3492.21 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1375.79 m = 4513.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 38.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1052.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.89 mb = 1113.94 m = 3654.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.89 mb = 1866.13 m = 6122.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.89 mb = 11512.73 m = 37770.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1043.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.89 mb = 14354.64 m = 47094.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 19.01 Bulk Shear: 55.36 m/s