MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F001.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F001.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: 1 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.84,-89.37 Latitude: 37.84 Longitude: -89.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 138 24.0 20.5 81 3.4 21.5 232 7 297.8 300.6 295.0 342.8 15.51 2 950 514 21.2 18.4 84 2.8 19.2 219 17 298.7 301.3 294.3 339.8 14.14 3 900 981 18.3 17.0 92 1.4 17.4 210 21 300.4 302.9 294.4 340.4 13.63 4 850 1469 15.2 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 210 24 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.6 12.70 5 800 1982 12.1 11.7 98 0.3 11.9 217 25 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.4 10.87 6 750 2520 8.4 7.9 96 0.5 8.1 220 26 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.7 8.95 7 700 3088 4.9 3.8 93 1.0 4.3 219 28 307.9 309.2 291.7 329.9 7.22 8 650 3689 1.3 -0.4 89 1.7 0.4 217 32 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.3 5.75 9 600 4330 -3.0 -5.2 84 2.2 -4.0 219 38 312.7 313.5 290.7 326.3 4.32 10 550 5013 -7.9 -9.3 89 1.4 -8.5 221 43 314.8 315.4 290.5 325.8 3.44 11 500 5748 -11.5 -12.2 94 0.7 -11.8 224 45 319.0 319.6 291.4 328.9 3.00 12 450 6550 -15.6 -17.3 87 1.7 -16.2 227 46 323.6 324.0 292.0 331.0 2.18 13 400 7428 -21.6 -24.7 76 3.1 -22.4 233 50 326.9 327.1 292.1 331.4 1.29 14 350 8397 -29.0 -32.4 73 3.4 -29.6 234 52 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.2 0.72 15 300 9478 -37.5 -40.8 71 3.3 -37.8 245 56 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 16 250 10709 -47.8 -51.6 64 3.9 -48.0 257 67 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 17 200 12142 -57.3 -62.2 54 4.9 -57.4 257 92 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 13960 -58.6 -82.4 3 23.8 -58.9 245 77 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16441 -67.2 -87.5 4 20.3 -67.3 252 38 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.89 m Freezing level: 634.77 mb = 3884.33 m = 12743.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.17 mb = 3748.91 m = 12299.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.46 mb = 573.15 m = 1880.39 ft T: 20.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.55 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1134.07 m = 3720.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.45 C K Index: 40.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1408.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.89 mb = 905.14 m = 2969.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.89 mb = 1440.19 m = 4724.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.89 mb = 12049.29 m = 39531.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1394.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.89 mb = 14700.49 m = 48229.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 33.97 Bulk Shear: 41.47 m/s