MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F025.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F025.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: 25 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.56,-94.27 Latitude: 36.56 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 78 SFC 968 360 22.5 20.2 87 2.4 20.9 227 8 298.4 301.3 295.2 343.7 15.57 2 950 525 20.6 19.0 91 1.6 19.5 224 15 298.1 300.8 294.6 341.0 14.76 3 900 991 17.8 17.2 97 0.5 17.4 226 23 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.4 13.89 4 850 1480 15.9 12.7 82 3.2 13.8 232 25 302.8 304.8 293.1 335.2 10.94 5 800 1993 12.5 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 242 21 304.5 306.4 293.0 334.7 10.11 6 750 2532 9.4 8.5 94 0.9 8.9 221 23 306.8 308.5 293.0 335.0 9.33 7 700 3103 6.6 3.9 83 2.6 5.1 222 31 309.7 311.1 292.3 332.1 7.27 8 650 3707 2.3 -3.9 64 6.2 -0.7 230 35 311.5 312.4 290.4 325.4 4.40 9 600 4347 -3.3 -8.7 66 5.4 -5.6 235 36 312.3 312.9 289.6 322.8 3.31 10 550 5028 -8.1 -12.7 69 4.7 -9.8 232 40 314.5 315.0 289.6 323.0 2.61 11 500 5762 -12.5 -18.5 61 6.0 -14.4 233 42 317.8 318.1 289.9 323.7 1.77 12 450 6559 -17.3 -26.4 45 9.2 -19.4 238 46 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.0 0.98 13 400 7432 -22.6 -31.6 43 9.1 -24.2 238 51 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.1 0.68 14 350 8397 -30.0 -35.6 58 5.6 -30.7 236 53 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.53 15 300 9476 -37.9 -47.9 34 10.0 -38.7 238 71 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 16 250 10704 -47.9 -49.7 82 1.8 -48.0 240 85 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.16 17 200 12142 -54.7 -68.0 18 13.3 -55.0 244 93 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13966 -60.3 -83.0 4 22.7 -60.5 251 76 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16433 -68.0 -87.6 4 19.6 -68.1 249 46 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.81 m Freezing level: 629.70 mb = 3966.56 m = 13013.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.40 mb = 3627.04 m = 11899.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.71 mb = 655.57 m = 2150.80 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 12.12 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1170.91 m = 3841.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 38.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1442.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.33 mb = 987.69 m = 3240.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.33 mb = 1832.08 m = 6010.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.33 mb = 11373.59 m = 37314.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1439.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.33 mb = 14591.78 m = 47872.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.3 neg: -8.7 tot: 107.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 43.58 Bulk Shear: 33.09 m/s