MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.54,-90.29 Latitude: 38.54 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 996 158 12.1 8.2 77 3.9 10.0 300 13 285.7 286.8 283.3 304.8 6.86 2 950 548 8.4 4.6 77 3.8 6.5 308 28 285.7 286.7 282.0 301.5 5.61 3 900 992 5.7 -0.2 66 5.9 3.0 320 35 287.4 288.1 281.1 299.4 4.19 4 850 1456 2.0 -3.3 68 5.2 -0.3 327 38 288.2 288.8 280.6 298.4 3.54 5 800 1942 -1.9 -7.9 63 6.0 -4.1 327 42 289.1 289.6 280.0 296.9 2.63 6 750 2451 -5.4 -16.7 41 11.3 -8.6 327 43 290.7 291.0 279.1 295.0 1.38 7 700 2989 -8.6 -24.4 27 15.8 -12.2 324 41 292.9 293.1 279.2 295.3 0.76 8 650 3559 -12.3 -30.3 21 18.0 -15.6 317 40 295.1 295.1 279.8 296.6 0.47 9 600 4166 -16.4 -35.9 17 19.5 -19.2 311 36 297.2 297.2 280.5 298.2 0.30 10 550 4815 -19.8 -45.3 8 25.5 -22.5 305 37 300.6 300.6 281.8 301.0 0.12 11 500 5517 -22.3 -55.4 3 33.1 -24.9 304 51 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.0 0.04 12 450 6287 -24.9 -59.2 3 34.3 -27.2 309 68 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.1 0.03 13 400 7136 -28.1 -60.7 3 32.6 -30.1 308 77 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.6 0.03 14 350 8087 -31.1 -61.3 4 30.2 -32.9 304 78 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.03 15 300 9170 -34.7 -65.2 3 30.5 -36.1 301 62 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.02 16 250 10436 -36.7 -69.8 2 33.1 -38.2 273 63 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 17 200 11968 -41.4 -73.2 2 31.9 -42.5 283 61 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 18 150 13865 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 259 38 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16397 -62.5 -85.4 3 22.9 -62.7 277 27 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5396.44 m Freezing level: 824.46 mb = 1704.49 m = 5592.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 854.16 mb = 1416.66 m = 4647.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.58 % Est. max temperature: 14.77 C = 58.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.94 mb = 652.59 m = 2141.00 ft T: 7.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.43 mb = 1347.88 m = 4422.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.50 C = 58.10 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.09 C K Index: 5.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 126.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.77 mb = 1130.70 m = 3709.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.77 mb = 1844.89 m = 6052.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 679.77 mb = 3214.57 m = 10546.37 ft B at Equ Level: 19.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 579.77 mb = 4421.41 m = 14505.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.3 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 345.3 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.7 neg: -21.2 tot: 127.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 44.49 m/s