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: 40.77,-93.66 Latitude: 40.77 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 968 324 20.5 18.2 87 2.3 18.9 239 3 296.4 298.9 293.3 336.0 13.73 2 950 489 20.0 17.1 84 2.9 18.0 245 11 297.4 299.8 293.1 335.1 13.00 3 900 955 17.7 14.2 80 3.5 15.4 228 20 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.2 11.40 4 850 1441 14.2 13.1 93 1.1 13.4 220 26 301.0 303.0 292.7 333.9 11.18 5 800 1952 11.4 11.1 98 0.3 11.2 229 33 303.3 305.2 292.9 334.3 10.44 6 750 2489 7.9 6.8 93 1.1 7.2 238 38 305.1 306.6 291.7 330.0 8.28 7 700 3055 5.2 -2.4 58 7.7 1.4 247 37 308.3 309.1 289.5 322.5 4.57 8 650 3656 0.8 -5.9 61 6.7 -2.3 245 39 309.9 310.6 289.3 321.8 3.78 9 600 4294 -3.2 -17.1 33 13.8 -7.9 239 43 312.4 312.7 288.1 317.9 1.67 10 550 4977 -6.8 -23.6 25 16.8 -11.6 240 45 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.5 1.03 11 500 5716 -10.2 -39.7 7 29.5 -15.6 240 46 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.5 0.24 12 450 6518 -15.9 -42.4 8 26.5 -20.0 237 47 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.20 13 400 7392 -23.2 -44.3 13 21.2 -25.8 238 51 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.19 14 350 8354 -30.1 -49.7 13 19.6 -31.8 236 56 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.12 15 300 9432 -38.5 -55.5 15 17.1 -39.4 239 57 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.07 16 250 10656 -48.9 -57.7 35 8.8 -49.1 239 71 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12100 -52.4 -70.7 9 18.3 -52.7 238 63 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 13925 -60.8 -80.8 5 20.0 -61.0 247 67 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16396 -66.2 -87.1 4 20.9 -66.4 251 36 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.52 m Freezing level: 640.00 mb = 3783.45 m = 12412.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.68 mb = 3282.13 m = 10768.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.41 mb = 613.32 m = 2012.19 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 16.46 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1419.94 m = 4658.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 29.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 454.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.51 mb = 1160.46 m = 3807.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.51 mb = 2125.12 m = 6972.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.51 mb = 10562.52 m = 34653.51 ft B at Equ Level: 454.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.51 mb = 12308.99 m = 40383.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 79.58 m/s