MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.62,-94.05 Latitude: 36.62 Longitude: -94.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 410 19.9 18.9 94 1.0 19.2 227 9 296.2 298.8 293.7 337.6 14.38 2 950 531 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.6 228 16 296.4 298.9 293.6 337.2 14.15 3 900 995 17.0 16.8 99 0.2 16.9 230 28 299.0 301.5 293.9 338.4 13.49 4 850 1483 15.2 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 237 28 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.9 11.45 5 800 1996 12.9 11.1 89 1.8 11.7 246 22 304.9 306.9 293.3 336.1 10.43 6 750 2536 9.5 8.1 91 1.4 8.6 229 22 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.2 9.05 7 700 3106 6.1 3.9 86 2.2 4.8 226 30 309.2 310.6 292.1 331.4 7.23 8 650 3708 1.2 -2.8 74 4.0 -0.7 230 37 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.3 4.78 9 600 4346 -4.1 -7.2 79 3.1 -5.5 232 40 311.4 312.1 289.7 323.1 3.70 10 550 5027 -8.1 -9.4 90 1.3 -8.7 231 42 314.4 315.1 290.4 325.4 3.40 11 500 5763 -12.2 -13.8 88 1.6 -12.8 236 43 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.64 12 450 6561 -17.2 -20.3 76 3.1 -18.1 242 45 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.4 1.69 13 400 7433 -22.9 -27.8 64 4.9 -23.9 241 51 325.3 325.4 291.3 328.7 0.97 14 350 8397 -30.2 -34.5 66 4.4 -30.8 237 52 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.2 0.58 15 300 9474 -38.5 -46.5 43 8.0 -39.1 239 69 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10700 -48.1 -51.1 71 3.0 -48.2 241 87 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 17 200 12140 -54.6 -69.3 15 14.8 -54.8 247 96 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13963 -60.0 -82.3 4 22.3 -60.2 253 75 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16432 -67.8 -87.5 4 19.7 -67.9 249 43 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.54 m Freezing level: 638.59 mb = 3853.77 m = 12643.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3625.35 m = 11894.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.46 mb = 535.72 m = 1757.59 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1125.57 m = 3692.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.33 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1089.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.69 mb = 950.28 m = 3117.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.69 mb = 2428.51 m = 7967.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.69 mb = 11246.57 m = 36897.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1073.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.69 mb = 13975.61 m = 45851.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.1 neg: -12.4 tot: 110.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 38.89 Bulk Shear: 28.01 m/s