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: 37.82,-90.53 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -90.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 975 288 23.1 17.4 70 5.7 19.2 211 4 298.4 300.8 293.3 335.9 12.89 2 950 510 20.7 16.9 79 3.8 18.2 236 11 298.2 300.6 293.2 335.7 12.88 3 900 977 18.1 16.3 89 1.8 17.0 234 14 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.6 13.10 4 850 1465 15.5 13.9 90 1.7 14.5 240 18 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.4 11.82 5 800 1978 12.2 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 246 21 304.1 306.1 293.4 336.6 10.87 6 750 2516 8.6 7.4 92 1.1 7.9 231 24 305.9 307.5 292.3 332.0 8.65 7 700 3084 5.4 2.5 82 2.9 3.8 216 30 308.5 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.58 8 650 3685 1.1 -0.5 89 1.6 0.3 216 37 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.8 5.69 9 600 4325 -3.1 -4.4 91 1.3 -3.7 220 44 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.0 4.60 10 550 5008 -7.8 -9.3 89 1.5 -8.4 221 46 314.8 315.5 290.5 325.9 3.43 11 500 5744 -12.0 -13.5 89 1.5 -12.6 222 46 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.3 2.70 12 450 6543 -16.1 -18.0 86 1.8 -16.7 224 44 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.0 2.07 13 400 7421 -21.3 -25.1 72 3.7 -22.2 231 50 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.7 1.25 14 350 8391 -28.4 -32.6 67 4.2 -29.2 240 57 330.4 330.5 292.5 333.0 0.70 15 300 9476 -37.1 -40.6 70 3.5 -37.5 249 54 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.37 16 250 10706 -48.0 -52.0 64 3.9 -48.2 254 67 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12139 -57.2 -62.1 54 4.9 -57.3 255 90 342.2 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 13957 -58.5 -71.5 17 13.0 -58.7 245 76 369.3 369.3 300.5 369.4 0.02 19 100 16440 -67.5 -87.4 4 19.9 -67.7 248 39 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.18 m Freezing level: 637.08 mb = 3850.66 m = 12633.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.81 mb = 3724.65 m = 12219.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.99 mb = 1014.82 m = 3329.43 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.71 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1531.52 m = 5024.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.82 mb = 1131.74 m = 3713.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.82 mb = 2095.18 m = 6873.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.82 mb = 11274.42 m = 36989.11 ft B at Equ Level: 757.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.82 mb = 13596.34 m = 44606.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 11.81 Bulk Shear: 64.90 m/s