MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 2Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.74,-96.73 Latitude: 37.74 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 957 431 22.2 18.9 82 3.2 19.9 291 3 299.1 301.7 294.7 341.4 14.54 2 950 495 23.2 16.7 67 6.5 18.8 238 7 300.7 303.1 293.8 338.0 12.69 3 900 966 21.0 13.9 64 7.1 16.4 224 17 303.2 305.2 293.4 336.4 11.18 4 850 1458 17.6 12.5 72 5.1 14.3 225 22 304.6 306.6 293.6 336.9 10.81 5 800 1974 13.6 11.3 86 2.3 12.1 228 26 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.3 10.55 6 750 2514 9.1 8.7 98 0.3 8.9 231 29 306.4 308.2 293.0 335.0 9.48 7 700 3083 4.9 4.2 95 0.7 4.5 238 33 307.9 309.3 291.8 330.4 7.39 8 650 3683 2.6 -10.0 39 12.6 -2.7 246 42 311.9 312.4 289.0 320.7 2.75 9 600 4326 -0.7 -12.6 40 11.9 -5.4 251 45 315.3 315.8 289.8 323.2 2.42 10 550 5016 -4.6 -26.9 16 22.3 -10.6 252 47 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.3 0.77 11 500 5758 -9.6 -37.1 9 27.5 -15.0 247 44 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.32 12 450 6562 -15.7 -42.0 8 26.4 -19.8 242 44 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.3 0.21 13 400 7437 -21.9 -47.2 8 25.3 -24.9 246 47 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.14 14 350 8406 -28.8 -51.7 9 22.9 -30.7 247 48 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 15 300 9486 -38.3 -50.3 27 12.1 -39.1 254 56 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.13 16 250 10710 -49.0 -56.9 39 8.0 -49.3 246 58 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12149 -54.1 -70.9 11 16.8 -54.4 244 68 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13975 -60.1 -82.3 4 22.1 -60.3 241 66 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16443 -68.0 -87.0 5 19.0 -68.1 250 38 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.67 m Freezing level: 610.62 mb = 4189.92 m = 13746.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.71 mb = 3453.33 m = 11329.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.63 mb = 844.30 m = 2769.98 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.70 mb = 2103.43 m = 6900.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 39.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 632.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.52 mb = 1716.84 m = 5632.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.52 mb = 2408.27 m = 7901.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.52 mb = 11261.15 m = 36945.57 ft B at Equ Level: 616.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.52 mb = 13198.35 m = 43301.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 204.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 7.86 Bulk Shear: 80.42 m/s