MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510101800F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510101800F000.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 10 OCT 25 Station: 40.9,-91.6 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -91.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 996 209 19.3 16.1 82 3.2 17.2 246 7 292.8 294.9 290.5 325.9 11.64 2 950 611 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.1 246 14 291.8 293.7 289.3 321.7 10.52 3 900 1068 13.2 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 284 10 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.3 10.53 4 850 1548 11.2 10.6 96 0.6 10.9 261 8 297.9 299.6 290.5 325.6 9.50 5 800 2055 10.8 9.5 91 1.3 10.0 250 11 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.5 9.35 6 750 2592 8.3 2.4 66 5.9 5.1 268 14 305.6 306.8 290.0 324.1 6.08 7 700 3158 5.0 -10.3 32 15.3 -1.3 281 16 308.0 308.5 287.4 316.0 2.49 8 650 3759 1.3 -20.1 18 21.5 -5.6 290 17 310.5 310.7 286.9 314.4 1.19 9 600 4397 -3.0 -25.9 15 22.8 -9.3 301 22 312.6 312.7 287.2 315.2 0.77 10 550 5079 -7.4 -32.8 11 25.4 -12.9 307 30 315.4 315.4 287.8 316.9 0.44 11 500 5815 -11.9 -40.2 8 28.3 -16.7 309 35 318.5 318.6 288.5 319.4 0.23 12 450 6610 -17.9 -45.0 7 27.1 -21.5 310 40 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.4 0.15 13 400 7478 -25.0 -47.0 11 21.9 -27.3 306 44 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.14 14 350 8431 -32.9 -51.5 14 18.6 -34.2 307 48 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.10 15 300 9496 -41.1 -57.8 15 16.7 -41.8 313 52 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.05 16 250 10713 -48.2 -64.6 13 16.4 -48.6 312 56 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.6 0.03 17 200 12173 -52.1 -73.1 6 21.0 -52.5 316 82 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14007 -57.8 -82.3 3 24.5 -58.0 319 63 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16501 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.4 -67.0 314 43 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.15 m Freezing level: 634.74 mb = 3953.41 m = 12970.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.30 mb = 3038.51 m = 9968.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.45 mb = 615.90 m = 2020.66 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 843.50 m = 2767.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.97 C = 67.95 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 2.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 18.38 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7411.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.46 mb = 786.63 m = 2580.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.7 neg: -10.1 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 24.33 m/s