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: 36.88,-94.48 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 336 21.7 20.4 92 1.3 20.8 181 8 297.6 300.4 295.1 343.2 15.75 2 950 494 20.0 19.6 97 0.4 19.7 199 13 297.5 300.2 294.7 341.6 15.25 3 900 960 17.7 17.5 99 0.1 17.6 204 20 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.0 14.14 4 850 1448 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 206 23 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.7 12.74 5 800 1960 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 212 27 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.17 6 750 2499 8.7 8.2 97 0.4 8.4 214 31 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.6 9.17 7 700 3067 4.8 2.3 83 2.6 3.4 212 34 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.45 8 650 3666 -0.3 -1.2 94 0.9 -0.7 214 38 308.6 309.6 290.3 325.3 5.40 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 -11.2 -11.8 95 0.6 -11.4 236 59 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.6 3.10 12 450 6525 -16.2 -18.0 86 1.8 -16.8 230 67 322.8 323.3 291.7 329.9 2.06 13 400 7401 -21.5 -24.4 77 2.9 -22.2 222 68 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.7 1.33 14 350 8372 -28.3 -32.5 67 4.2 -29.0 221 63 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.2 0.71 15 300 9457 -36.9 -40.8 67 3.9 -37.3 222 57 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.36 16 250 10688 -47.8 -49.9 79 2.1 -47.9 219 60 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.16 17 200 12123 -56.9 -74.4 9 17.6 -57.1 233 81 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.01 18 150 13933 -59.8 -82.5 4 22.7 -60.0 257 68 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16423 -65.9 -87.0 4 21.2 -66.0 261 48 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.87 m Freezing level: 653.05 mb = 3629.73 m = 11908.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.92 mb = 3556.12 m = 11666.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.84 mb = 495.35 m = 1625.14 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 17.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 877.75 m = 2879.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 26.20 C K Index: 38.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1525.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.55 mb = 840.37 m = 2757.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.55 mb = 982.94 m = 3224.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.55 mb = 11884.84 m = 38991.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1520.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.55 mb = 14928.64 m = 48977.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 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: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 17.31 Bulk Shear: 88.13 m/s