MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.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: 34 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-94.27 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 965 378 20.9 19.6 92 1.3 20.1 211 10 297.1 299.8 294.5 340.7 15.08 2 950 513 19.7 19.1 96 0.6 19.3 216 17 297.2 299.8 294.3 339.9 14.77 3 900 978 17.1 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 221 25 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.8 13.62 4 850 1465 14.7 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 227 28 301.5 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.34 5 800 1977 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.6 229 27 303.8 305.7 293.2 335.5 10.66 6 750 2515 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.5 219 26 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.8 9.03 7 700 3084 5.0 3.4 89 1.7 4.1 212 30 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.4 6.97 8 650 3683 -0.1 -1.7 89 1.6 -0.9 213 35 308.9 309.8 290.2 324.9 5.19 9 600 4320 -4.2 -4.8 95 0.6 -4.5 222 40 311.2 312.1 290.3 325.2 4.45 10 550 5002 -7.6 -8.2 95 0.6 -7.8 235 45 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.1 3.75 11 500 5740 -10.8 -13.1 83 2.3 -11.7 240 51 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.1 2.78 12 450 6543 -15.7 -19.0 76 3.3 -16.7 235 60 323.5 323.9 291.7 330.0 1.89 13 400 7421 -21.4 -25.0 72 3.6 -22.3 227 63 327.2 327.4 292.2 331.6 1.25 14 350 8390 -29.1 -33.8 64 4.7 -29.8 224 63 329.5 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.63 15 300 9471 -38.2 -43.4 58 5.2 -38.7 223 61 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.27 16 250 10695 -48.9 -51.3 76 2.4 -49.0 226 64 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.14 17 200 12140 -54.2 -79.4 3 25.2 -54.5 253 67 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.00 18 150 13957 -60.9 -81.9 5 21.1 -61.0 266 69 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16442 -67.2 -87.3 4 20.2 -67.3 257 43 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.64 m Freezing level: 650.95 mb = 3671.97 m = 12047.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.21 mb = 3569.49 m = 11710.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.17 mb = 538.71 m = 1767.42 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 916.62 m = 3007.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.66 C = 72.79 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 38.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1245.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.32 mb = 889.42 m = 2918.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.32 mb = 1031.95 m = 3385.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.32 mb = 11396.94 m = 37391.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1235.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.32 mb = 14193.48 m = 46565.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.3 neg: -9.6 tot: 92.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 30.24 Bulk Shear: 41.20 m/s