MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.63,-97.10 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 960 399 25.7 14.0 48 11.7 18.0 194 4 302.4 304.4 292.7 333.7 10.55 2 950 486 27.1 14.2 45 12.9 18.5 202 10 304.7 306.7 293.6 336.9 10.78 3 900 961 23.0 12.9 53 10.1 16.4 212 17 305.2 307.2 293.4 336.5 10.44 4 850 1456 18.3 12.0 66 6.4 14.2 215 19 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.5 10.39 5 800 1972 13.4 10.9 85 2.5 11.8 220 22 305.5 307.4 293.4 336.3 10.29 6 750 2511 9.2 9.1 99 0.1 9.1 226 26 306.5 308.3 293.3 335.8 9.70 7 700 3081 5.7 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 235 32 308.8 310.0 291.3 328.4 6.39 8 650 3683 2.8 -15.8 24 18.6 -4.1 242 39 312.1 312.4 288.0 317.7 1.71 9 600 4326 -0.9 -25.7 13 24.9 -7.9 248 42 315.1 315.3 288.1 317.8 0.78 10 550 5014 -5.0 -30.5 12 25.4 -11.3 248 43 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.1 0.55 11 500 5755 -10.1 -35.1 11 25.1 -15.2 245 45 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.39 12 450 6557 -15.9 -39.2 12 23.4 -19.8 244 47 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.3 0.28 13 400 7433 -22.1 -45.2 10 23.0 -25.0 245 46 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.17 14 350 8401 -28.6 -52.3 8 23.7 -30.6 245 47 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 15 300 9484 -37.3 -54.8 15 17.4 -38.4 244 49 332.7 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.08 16 250 10714 -47.8 -57.7 31 9.9 -48.2 240 58 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.06 17 200 12159 -53.9 -68.7 15 14.8 -54.2 244 63 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13976 -61.3 -81.8 5 20.6 -61.4 239 64 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16439 -68.8 -87.2 5 18.4 -68.9 246 38 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.43 m Freezing level: 611.78 mb = 4174.20 m = 13694.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.10 mb = 3363.22 m = 11034.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.40 mb = 1882.62 m = 6176.51 ft T: 14.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 19.16 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.60 mb = 2328.24 m = 7638.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 455.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.80 mb = 2185.50 m = 7170.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.80 mb = 2458.07 m = 8064.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.80 mb = 10849.98 m = 35596.63 ft B at Equ Level: 452.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.80 mb = 12658.24 m = 41529.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 74.45 m/s