MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F023.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F023.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: 23 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.03,-94.51 Latitude: 37.03 Longitude: -94.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 972 320 20.0 17.0 83 3.0 18.0 214 4 295.5 297.8 292.2 331.8 12.65 2 950 521 20.0 15.6 76 4.4 17.1 222 19 297.4 299.6 292.2 331.7 11.81 3 900 987 17.9 15.2 84 2.7 16.1 238 23 299.9 302.1 293.2 335.4 12.13 4 850 1475 15.5 13.4 87 2.1 14.1 249 25 302.3 304.4 293.3 336.1 11.41 5 800 1988 13.0 12.0 93 1.0 12.4 252 23 305.0 307.1 293.9 338.2 11.07 6 750 2529 9.1 8.3 95 0.8 8.6 240 24 306.4 308.2 292.9 334.2 9.21 7 700 3097 5.7 1.1 72 4.6 3.2 239 31 308.8 309.9 290.9 327.0 5.91 8 650 3699 1.3 -6.4 56 7.7 -2.1 241 36 310.4 311.1 289.3 322.0 3.65 9 600 4337 -3.4 -9.2 65 5.7 -5.8 237 40 312.1 312.7 289.5 322.3 3.19 10 550 5020 -7.6 -13.0 65 5.4 -9.6 236 45 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.4 2.56 11 500 5755 -12.3 -18.1 62 5.8 -14.1 238 47 318.1 318.4 290.0 324.2 1.84 12 450 6552 -17.4 -23.5 59 6.1 -18.9 242 46 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.8 1.28 13 400 7423 -23.3 -32.1 44 8.9 -24.9 245 50 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.1 0.65 14 350 8386 -30.1 -42.3 29 12.2 -31.4 241 58 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.26 15 300 9465 -38.0 -50.0 27 12.0 -38.8 243 75 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 16 250 10693 -48.0 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.2 246 87 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12133 -53.5 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.8 249 92 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13960 -60.6 -82.7 4 22.1 -60.8 255 75 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16423 -68.7 -87.5 5 18.7 -68.8 249 44 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.84 m Freezing level: 636.22 mb = 3874.49 m = 12711.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.93 mb = 3453.49 m = 11330.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.75 mb = 697.33 m = 2287.79 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.21 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 1922.39 m = 6306.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 482.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.58 mb = 1202.11 m = 3943.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.58 mb = 3183.50 m = 10444.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.58 mb = 9633.82 m = 31606.65 ft B at Equ Level: 481.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.58 mb = 12373.39 m = 40594.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 126.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 11.91 Bulk Shear: 40.51 m/s