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: 36.85,-94.47 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -94.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 967 340 21.6 20.4 93 1.3 20.8 181 8 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.3 15.76 2 950 494 20.0 19.6 97 0.4 19.7 199 13 297.5 300.3 294.7 341.7 15.27 3 900 960 17.7 17.5 99 0.1 17.6 204 20 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.1 14.16 4 850 1448 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 206 23 302.1 304.4 294.3 339.7 12.76 5 800 1961 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 212 27 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.17 6 750 2500 8.7 8.2 97 0.4 8.4 214 31 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.6 9.16 7 700 3067 4.8 2.2 83 2.6 3.4 212 34 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.44 8 650 3667 -0.3 -1.2 94 0.9 -0.7 214 38 308.6 309.7 290.4 325.4 5.41 9 600 4303 -4.1 -4.4 98 0.3 -4.3 224 43 311.4 312.2 290.5 325.8 4.60 10 550 4986 -7.4 -7.7 98 0.2 -7.5 235 50 315.3 316.0 291.1 327.8 3.91 11 500 5724 -11.1 -11.8 95 0.7 -11.4 236 59 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.7 3.10 12 450 6525 -16.2 -18.0 86 1.8 -16.7 230 67 322.9 323.3 291.7 329.9 2.06 13 400 7402 -21.4 -24.4 77 2.9 -22.2 222 68 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.8 1.33 14 350 8373 -28.3 -32.5 68 4.1 -29.0 221 63 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.2 0.71 15 300 9458 -36.9 -40.9 67 4.0 -37.3 222 57 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.36 16 250 10689 -47.8 -49.9 78 2.1 -47.9 219 60 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.16 17 200 12124 -56.9 -73.9 10 17.0 -57.1 234 81 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.01 18 150 13934 -59.8 -82.5 4 22.6 -60.0 257 69 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16424 -65.9 -87.0 4 21.1 -66.0 261 48 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.23 m Freezing level: 652.86 mb = 3632.49 m = 11917.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.92 mb = 3556.63 m = 11668.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.84 mb = 495.69 m = 1626.27 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 17.93 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.01 mb = 883.76 m = 2899.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.19 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1534.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.03 mb = 845.72 m = 2774.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.03 mb = 988.35 m = 3242.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.03 mb = 11902.26 m = 39048.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1529.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.03 mb = 14954.44 m = 49062.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 17.66 Bulk Shear: 86.91 m/s