MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.36,-94.50 Latitude: 36.36 Longitude: -94.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 965 365 21.8 20.5 93 1.3 20.9 199 11 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.3 15.96 2 950 500 20.4 19.8 96 0.7 19.9 206 20 297.9 300.7 295.0 342.7 15.43 3 900 966 17.9 17.7 99 0.2 17.8 210 28 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.8 14.31 4 850 1454 15.3 14.8 97 0.4 15.0 211 31 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.2 12.56 5 800 1967 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 212 33 304.3 306.2 293.3 336.0 10.65 6 750 2506 8.6 7.2 91 1.4 7.8 211 34 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.6 8.53 7 700 3073 4.3 3.3 93 1.0 3.7 210 34 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.4 6.95 8 650 3672 0.3 -0.0 97 0.4 0.1 213 36 309.3 310.5 291.0 327.5 5.89 9 600 4310 -3.6 -3.9 97 0.4 -3.7 222 42 312.0 312.9 290.9 327.0 4.77 10 550 4993 -7.1 -7.7 96 0.6 -7.4 233 51 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.2 3.90 11 500 5733 -10.5 -12.4 86 1.9 -11.2 236 59 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.0 2.94 12 450 6536 -15.5 -18.7 77 3.2 -16.5 232 65 323.7 324.1 291.8 330.4 1.94 13 400 7415 -21.1 -25.0 71 3.8 -22.1 224 65 327.5 327.8 292.2 332.0 1.26 14 350 8386 -28.2 -32.7 65 4.5 -28.9 222 62 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.3 0.70 15 300 9471 -37.0 -41.8 61 4.8 -37.5 221 57 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.33 16 250 10702 -47.6 -51.5 64 4.0 -47.7 220 60 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12143 -55.9 -69.6 17 13.6 -56.2 238 79 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13948 -61.4 -81.8 5 20.4 -61.5 257 69 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16435 -66.1 -87.2 4 21.1 -66.2 260 47 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.19 m Freezing level: 645.65 mb = 3727.42 m = 12228.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.23 mb = 3693.62 m = 12118.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.43 mb = 522.97 m = 1715.76 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 17.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 932.22 m = 3058.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.57 C = 74.43 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.01 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 39.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.48 mb = 884.93 m = 2903.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.48 mb = 1027.93 m = 3372.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.48 mb = 11721.73 m = 38456.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1533.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.48 mb = 15141.25 m = 49675.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 136.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 27.87 Bulk Shear: 55.08 m/s