MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 1Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.60,-96.57 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -96.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 955 446 24.1 14.2 54 9.9 17.6 179 8 301.2 303.2 292.4 332.8 10.72 2 950 489 25.5 14.2 50 11.3 17.9 186 16 303.0 305.0 293.0 334.9 10.74 3 900 962 22.6 12.0 51 10.5 15.8 202 25 304.8 306.6 292.9 334.3 9.86 4 850 1456 18.2 11.1 63 7.2 13.7 213 25 305.2 307.0 292.9 334.6 9.78 5 800 1972 13.5 10.2 81 3.2 11.4 225 25 305.5 307.3 293.1 335.1 9.84 6 750 2512 9.2 9.0 99 0.2 9.1 235 27 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.7 9.66 7 700 3082 5.2 4.1 92 1.2 4.6 242 32 308.3 309.7 291.9 330.7 7.35 8 650 3683 2.7 -12.9 31 15.6 -3.4 248 39 312.0 312.4 288.4 319.0 2.18 9 600 4326 -0.8 -20.8 20 20.0 -7.2 250 39 315.2 315.5 288.5 319.3 1.22 10 550 5014 -4.9 -31.1 11 26.2 -11.2 250 42 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.1 0.52 11 500 5756 -10.0 -35.1 11 25.2 -15.2 247 44 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.39 12 450 6558 -15.7 -39.1 12 23.4 -19.6 245 45 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.29 13 400 7435 -21.7 -46.0 9 24.3 -24.6 245 45 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.15 14 350 8404 -28.4 -52.0 9 23.6 -30.4 245 46 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.09 15 300 9487 -37.7 -54.0 17 16.4 -38.6 246 49 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.08 16 250 10715 -48.1 -56.9 35 8.8 -48.4 242 56 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12158 -54.1 -68.9 15 14.8 -54.4 245 63 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13976 -61.3 -81.7 5 20.5 -61.4 242 65 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.2 -87.1 5 18.9 -68.3 245 34 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.39 m Freezing level: 611.28 mb = 4180.80 m = 13716.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.41 mb = 3420.05 m = 11220.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.74 mb = 1702.60 m = 5585.90 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 16.67 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.64 mb = 2438.20 m = 7999.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.48 mb = 2189.35 m = 7182.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.48 mb = 2797.76 m = 9178.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.48 mb = 10085.72 m = 33089.23 ft B at Equ Level: 150.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.48 mb = 11706.09 m = 38405.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 226.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.88 Bulk Shear: 80.29 m/s