MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F047.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F047.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: 47 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.59,-94.29 Latitude: 36.59 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 971 355 19.5 18.7 95 0.8 18.9 290 7 295.1 297.6 293.2 335.5 14.09 2 950 546 18.3 17.0 92 1.3 17.5 310 20 295.8 298.1 292.6 333.1 12.97 3 900 1007 15.5 11.9 79 3.6 13.2 328 32 297.5 299.2 290.5 325.8 9.75 4 850 1489 11.8 7.0 73 4.7 9.0 334 31 298.5 299.8 288.8 320.3 7.42 5 800 1994 9.0 1.6 60 7.3 5.1 330 22 300.7 301.7 287.7 316.8 5.38 6 750 2526 5.4 1.0 73 4.4 3.1 308 17 302.4 303.4 288.4 318.9 5.47 7 700 3087 2.9 -3.2 64 6.2 0.0 271 25 305.7 306.6 288.4 319.0 4.31 8 650 3684 0.2 -8.7 51 8.9 -3.6 265 39 309.1 309.7 288.3 318.8 3.04 9 600 4320 -3.8 -18.2 32 14.4 -8.5 270 44 311.7 312.0 287.6 316.7 1.52 10 550 5000 -8.3 -29.4 16 21.1 -13.2 276 44 314.3 314.4 287.6 316.4 0.61 11 500 5733 -13.4 -40.6 8 27.1 -17.8 280 47 316.7 316.7 287.9 317.5 0.22 12 450 6523 -20.0 -42.7 11 22.7 -23.0 276 49 318.1 318.1 288.3 318.8 0.20 13 400 7384 -25.9 -33.4 49 7.6 -27.1 249 58 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.4 0.57 14 350 8341 -31.3 -34.4 74 3.1 -31.7 228 79 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.59 15 300 9411 -40.2 -44.7 62 4.5 -40.5 225 75 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.24 16 250 10639 -45.5 -64.1 11 18.6 -46.1 248 65 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 17 200 12111 -50.7 -77.1 3 26.4 -51.1 259 66 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13937 -59.4 -81.8 4 22.4 -59.6 267 62 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16422 -66.5 -87.6 4 21.1 -66.6 268 45 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.81 m Freezing level: 648.06 mb = 3708.32 m = 12166.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.73 mb = 3089.82 m = 10137.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.62 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.89 mb = 456.70 m = 1498.34 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.80 mb = 1285.47 m = 4217.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.43 C = 72.38 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 26.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 339.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.06 mb = 1119.88 m = 3674.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.06 mb = 1459.05 m = 4786.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.06 mb = 8278.11 m = 27158.81 ft B at Equ Level: 338.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.06 mb = 11102.04 m = 36423.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 5.7 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.3 neg: -2.1 tot: 102.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 7.16 Bulk Shear: 47.43 m/s