MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.03,-92.7 Latitude: 39.03 Longitude: -92.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 988 209 9.9 6.8 81 3.1 8.3 302 10 284.0 285.1 282.0 301.5 6.29 2 950 538 8.8 4.5 74 4.3 6.6 315 31 286.1 287.1 282.0 301.7 5.55 3 900 983 5.8 1.3 73 4.5 3.7 330 37 287.5 288.3 281.7 300.8 4.68 4 850 1448 2.1 -1.2 79 3.3 0.6 340 38 288.3 289.0 281.4 300.2 4.12 5 800 1934 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.2 -2.7 344 40 288.7 289.4 281.1 299.5 3.71 6 750 2442 -6.1 -7.2 92 1.1 -6.5 340 40 289.9 290.5 280.7 298.6 2.96 7 700 2980 -8.5 -10.7 84 2.2 -9.2 319 37 293.1 293.5 281.5 300.3 2.41 8 650 3551 -11.9 -15.8 73 3.9 -13.0 305 33 295.5 295.8 281.6 300.7 1.71 9 600 4158 -16.2 -24.5 49 8.3 -17.9 304 32 297.4 297.5 281.4 300.2 0.87 10 550 4808 -19.6 -41.3 13 21.7 -22.2 303 38 300.8 300.9 282.0 301.5 0.19 11 500 5511 -22.6 -57.0 3 34.4 -25.1 305 43 305.5 305.5 283.7 305.6 0.03 12 450 6278 -25.8 -58.1 3 32.3 -28.0 308 50 310.8 310.8 285.7 310.9 0.03 13 400 7125 -28.5 -61.8 3 33.3 -30.4 306 59 317.9 317.9 288.1 318.0 0.02 14 350 8076 -31.4 -63.0 3 31.6 -33.1 306 66 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.5 0.02 15 300 9158 -35.0 -66.0 3 31.0 -36.4 300 53 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.02 16 250 10423 -36.6 -69.7 2 33.1 -38.1 278 45 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 17 200 11946 -42.6 -74.1 2 31.5 -43.6 278 78 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 18 150 13841 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 268 42 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16381 -61.7 -86.7 2 24.9 -62.0 281 29 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5398.76 m Freezing level: 826.12 mb = 1680.10 m = 5512.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.93 mb = 1534.09 m = 5033.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.57 % Est. max temperature: 14.32 C = 57.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.12 mb = 598.09 m = 1962.23 ft T: 8.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.08 mb = 1399.76 m = 4592.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.13 C = 57.44 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 6.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 21.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.78 mb = 1158.91 m = 3802.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.78 mb = 1777.26 m = 5830.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 705.78 mb = 2915.57 m = 9565.41 ft B at Equ Level: 37.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 585.78 mb = 4337.01 m = 14228.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.6 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 347.6 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.3 neg: -78.9 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 22.40 m/s