MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F032.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F032.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: 32 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.49,-94.39 Latitude: 36.49 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 968 355 20.9 19.6 92 1.3 20.1 199 8 296.9 299.6 294.4 340.3 15.04 2 950 515 19.3 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 206 14 296.8 299.5 294.1 339.0 14.60 3 900 980 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 214 21 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.0 13.45 4 850 1467 15.4 13.3 87 2.1 14.0 226 21 302.3 304.4 293.3 335.9 11.38 5 800 1980 13.4 11.5 88 1.9 12.2 230 22 305.5 307.5 293.7 337.7 10.75 6 750 2522 9.9 8.8 92 1.2 9.2 223 27 307.4 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.50 7 700 3093 6.8 1.2 67 5.6 3.8 227 33 310.0 311.2 291.3 328.5 5.98 8 650 3696 1.1 -3.9 69 5.0 -1.3 230 37 310.2 311.0 289.9 323.9 4.40 9 600 4333 -3.9 -7.1 79 3.2 -5.3 229 41 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.5 3.75 10 550 5015 -7.9 -11.7 74 3.8 -9.3 236 47 314.8 315.3 290.0 324.0 2.85 11 500 5751 -12.2 -15.2 78 3.0 -13.2 242 52 318.2 318.6 290.6 326.0 2.35 12 450 6548 -17.4 -20.5 76 3.2 -18.3 241 55 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.1 1.66 13 400 7419 -23.4 -27.7 68 4.2 -24.3 237 60 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.0 0.99 14 350 8384 -29.5 -33.2 70 3.7 -30.1 232 57 329.0 329.1 292.1 331.4 0.66 15 300 9462 -38.6 -41.4 75 2.8 -38.9 234 55 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.34 16 250 10684 -49.2 -51.6 76 2.4 -49.3 235 77 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 17 200 12120 -55.4 -71.4 12 16.0 -55.6 243 88 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.01 18 150 13943 -59.2 -81.8 4 22.7 -59.4 248 68 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16438 -66.4 -87.4 4 21.0 -66.5 255 44 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.89 m Freezing level: 639.37 mb = 3831.18 m = 12569.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.02 mb = 3534.28 m = 11595.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.81 mb = 516.93 m = 1695.93 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 909.12 m = 2982.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.61 C = 72.70 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1228.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.98 mb = 884.89 m = 2903.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.98 mb = 2577.30 m = 8455.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.98 mb = 11362.47 m = 37278.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1222.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.98 mb = 14151.88 m = 46429.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 19.17 Bulk Shear: 64.10 m/s