MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.13,-94.21 Latitude: 37.13 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 969 330 21.0 19.8 93 1.2 20.1 200 8 296.8 299.5 294.4 340.4 15.12 2 950 507 19.4 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 205 13 296.9 299.6 294.1 339.2 14.65 3 900 971 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 211 20 299.2 301.6 294.0 338.8 13.60 4 850 1459 15.8 12.6 81 3.2 13.7 217 20 302.7 304.7 293.0 334.7 10.81 5 800 1973 13.1 10.9 87 2.2 11.7 229 16 305.1 307.1 293.3 336.1 10.32 6 750 2513 9.4 8.1 91 1.3 8.6 226 22 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.3 9.08 7 700 3082 5.7 3.0 83 2.6 4.2 225 31 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.7 6.81 8 650 3683 0.9 -3.3 74 4.2 -1.2 227 39 310.0 310.8 290.1 324.4 4.61 9 600 4320 -4.8 -5.9 92 1.1 -5.3 225 45 310.6 311.4 289.8 323.6 4.12 10 550 5000 -8.6 -10.1 89 1.4 -9.2 225 50 313.8 314.5 290.0 324.2 3.24 11 500 5734 -12.2 -14.2 85 2.0 -12.9 231 51 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.5 2.55 12 450 6533 -16.8 -19.0 83 2.2 -17.4 236 54 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.6 1.90 13 400 7406 -22.6 -25.6 76 3.0 -23.3 238 56 325.7 325.9 291.7 329.8 1.19 14 350 8372 -29.6 -32.9 73 3.3 -30.1 232 54 328.8 329.0 292.1 331.3 0.69 15 300 9450 -38.8 -42.1 70 3.4 -39.1 232 57 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.31 16 250 10672 -49.4 -51.9 74 2.6 -49.5 234 72 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 17 200 12106 -55.5 -68.8 17 13.3 -55.7 240 93 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13928 -59.2 -81.8 4 22.5 -59.5 246 68 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16417 -66.0 -87.3 4 21.3 -66.1 253 47 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.40 m Freezing level: 642.18 mb = 3782.86 m = 12410.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.80 mb = 3549.54 m = 11645.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.17 mb = 486.78 m = 1597.04 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 952.65 m = 3125.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.90 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 37.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1338.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.62 mb = 879.92 m = 2886.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.62 mb = 2351.36 m = 7714.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.62 mb = 11359.66 m = 37268.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1336.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.62 mb = 14592.40 m = 47874.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.3 neg: -16.0 tot: 102.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 21.06 Bulk Shear: 63.59 m/s