MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.69,-94.93 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 981 243 19.7 18.1 90 1.6 18.6 197 7 294.4 296.8 292.4 332.7 13.40 2 950 522 18.8 17.4 92 1.4 17.9 220 19 296.3 298.7 293.0 334.6 13.30 3 900 986 17.0 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 229 25 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.2 13.08 4 850 1474 15.6 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 242 22 302.5 304.6 293.1 335.0 10.98 5 800 1988 13.8 12.0 89 1.8 12.7 244 21 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.2 11.09 6 750 2530 10.3 6.9 80 3.3 8.3 229 23 307.7 309.3 292.6 333.1 8.36 7 700 3100 6.3 -1.3 58 7.6 2.4 232 29 309.4 310.4 290.2 324.9 4.97 8 650 3702 1.0 -6.9 56 7.9 -2.5 239 37 310.1 310.8 289.1 321.2 3.52 9 600 4338 -4.7 -6.9 84 2.2 -5.7 239 42 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.7 3.80 10 550 5019 -8.3 -9.7 89 1.4 -8.9 237 45 314.3 314.9 290.3 325.0 3.33 11 500 5754 -11.9 -12.8 93 0.8 -12.2 238 44 318.5 319.1 291.1 327.9 2.86 12 450 6552 -17.1 -18.3 90 1.2 -17.5 239 44 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.5 2.01 13 400 7424 -23.8 -26.3 80 2.5 -24.4 239 50 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.0 1.11 14 350 8384 -31.0 -34.5 72 3.4 -31.5 236 56 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.0 0.59 15 300 9460 -38.6 -48.9 33 10.4 -39.3 239 77 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 16 250 10686 -48.3 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.4 240 90 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12128 -53.6 -70.7 11 17.2 -53.9 247 95 347.9 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13957 -59.8 -82.2 4 22.5 -60.0 254 73 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16428 -68.7 -87.4 5 18.7 -68.8 249 43 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.10 m Freezing level: 641.20 mb = 3813.70 m = 12511.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.39 mb = 3390.41 m = 11123.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.26 mb = 446.95 m = 1466.34 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1552.00 m = 5091.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 32.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 829.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.89 mb = 854.59 m = 2803.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.89 mb = 3112.66 m = 10212.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.89 mb = 10714.51 m = 35152.17 ft B at Equ Level: 827.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.89 mb = 13202.66 m = 43315.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.1 neg: -7.6 tot: 126.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 20.74 Bulk Shear: 40.00 m/s