MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.87,-94.99 Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 977 291 22.0 13.7 59 8.3 16.7 198 12 297.2 299.0 290.7 326.6 10.13 2 950 530 20.2 12.7 62 7.5 15.4 205 23 297.7 299.4 290.6 326.0 9.75 3 900 996 18.5 10.7 61 7.8 13.7 219 35 300.6 302.2 290.9 327.2 9.04 4 850 1483 15.0 8.3 64 6.7 11.0 228 36 301.9 303.3 290.5 325.9 8.09 5 800 1994 12.4 3.7 55 8.7 7.5 231 26 304.4 305.5 289.8 323.3 6.24 6 750 2533 9.3 4.0 70 5.3 6.3 237 17 306.6 307.9 290.9 327.3 6.80 7 700 3101 5.7 -0.5 64 6.2 2.5 222 17 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.2 5.29 8 650 3705 3.8 -15.1 24 18.9 -3.4 203 27 313.2 313.6 288.5 319.2 1.81 9 600 4350 -0.5 -12.3 41 11.8 -5.2 203 35 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.7 2.48 10 550 5039 -5.0 -11.5 60 6.5 -7.7 211 38 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.6 2.89 11 500 5782 -9.7 -15.3 63 5.6 -11.7 225 38 321.2 321.6 291.4 329.0 2.32 12 450 6585 -16.0 -20.1 71 4.1 -17.3 239 37 323.1 323.4 291.4 329.0 1.72 13 400 7459 -22.9 -24.9 84 1.9 -23.4 238 35 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.6 1.27 14 350 8424 -29.7 -34.4 64 4.7 -30.4 228 35 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.9 0.59 15 300 9506 -37.0 -39.3 79 2.3 -37.3 220 43 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.8 0.42 16 250 10739 -46.9 -51.9 56 5.1 -47.1 214 51 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.13 17 200 12192 -53.7 -70.7 11 17.0 -54.0 236 34 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14007 -61.5 -81.4 5 19.9 -61.7 242 39 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16462 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -68.9 249 30 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.17 m Freezing level: 605.89 mb = 4273.55 m = 14020.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.55 mb = 3354.76 m = 11006.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.92 mb = 1344.75 m = 4411.85 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.11 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.43 mb = 2683.32 m = 8803.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 17.98 C K Index: 26.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6188.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.86 mb = 1725.95 m = 5662.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.7 neg: -25.2 tot: 122.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 10.27 m/s