MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.39,-95.59 Latitude: 39.39 Longitude: -95.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 968 323 23.1 19.3 79 3.8 20.5 142 3 299.0 301.7 294.8 342.0 14.75 2 950 484 23.0 16.7 68 6.3 18.7 252 6 300.5 302.9 293.7 337.7 12.67 3 900 953 19.6 14.7 74 4.8 16.4 243 12 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.4 11.78 4 850 1443 15.8 13.3 86 2.4 14.2 227 17 302.7 304.8 293.4 336.4 11.40 5 800 1955 12.1 11.9 99 0.2 12.0 222 24 304.0 306.1 293.5 336.8 10.98 6 750 2494 8.9 8.8 99 0.2 8.8 225 30 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.9 9.50 7 700 3063 4.8 4.6 99 0.2 4.7 230 36 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.1 7.63 8 650 3663 1.2 -4.5 66 5.7 -1.4 234 40 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.6 4.22 9 600 4304 -1.4 -26.3 13 24.9 -8.4 240 44 314.5 314.6 287.8 317.1 0.74 10 550 4991 -5.1 -29.8 12 24.6 -11.3 242 47 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.1 0.59 11 500 5733 -9.5 -40.3 6 30.8 -15.1 243 46 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.23 12 450 6536 -15.7 -40.8 10 25.1 -19.7 243 44 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.24 13 400 7411 -22.9 -41.9 16 19.1 -25.4 242 46 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.2 0.24 14 350 8376 -29.4 -44.8 21 15.3 -31.0 235 46 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.20 15 300 9456 -37.9 -55.7 14 17.7 -38.9 244 51 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 16 250 10683 -48.2 -58.7 29 10.5 -48.5 237 62 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 17 200 12128 -53.0 -68.7 13 15.7 -53.3 238 63 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 13952 -60.4 -81.6 5 21.3 -60.6 244 63 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16422 -68.0 -87.0 5 19.0 -68.1 257 41 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.73 m Freezing level: 626.71 mb = 3961.55 m = 12997.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.74 mb = 3518.07 m = 11542.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.08 mb = 799.14 m = 2621.82 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 19.70 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1680.94 m = 5514.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 740.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.95 mb = 1422.92 m = 4668.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.95 mb = 1986.97 m = 6518.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.95 mb = 11030.20 m = 36187.88 ft B at Equ Level: 730.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.95 mb = 13273.49 m = 43547.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.2 neg: -9.9 tot: 154.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 7.99 Bulk Shear: 92.66 m/s