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: 39.84,-95.30 Latitude: 39.84 Longitude: -95.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 968 314 22.2 19.8 86 2.4 20.5 219 2 298.1 300.8 294.8 342.2 15.20 2 950 481 22.3 16.7 70 5.6 18.5 261 8 299.9 302.2 293.6 337.0 12.70 3 900 950 19.2 14.2 73 5.0 16.0 241 13 301.3 303.4 293.0 334.9 11.41 4 850 1439 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 13.9 221 19 302.3 304.3 293.2 335.5 11.23 5 800 1951 11.8 11.6 99 0.1 11.7 217 25 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.9 10.83 6 750 2489 9.0 8.8 99 0.2 8.9 226 32 306.3 308.1 293.0 335.0 9.51 7 700 3058 5.1 4.6 96 0.6 4.8 234 38 308.1 309.6 292.1 331.3 7.60 8 650 3659 1.0 -2.5 77 3.5 -0.7 235 40 310.1 311.0 290.4 325.3 4.89 9 600 4299 -2.3 -19.3 26 17.1 -7.8 238 42 313.5 313.8 288.1 318.1 1.38 10 550 4984 -5.8 -32.8 10 27.1 -11.9 241 46 317.3 317.3 288.3 318.8 0.44 11 500 5725 -9.7 -40.9 6 31.1 -15.3 243 46 321.2 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.21 12 450 6528 -15.8 -43.6 7 27.7 -20.0 243 44 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.18 13 400 7402 -23.1 -44.8 12 21.8 -25.7 242 48 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.18 14 350 8365 -29.6 -51.4 10 21.8 -31.4 234 50 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.10 15 300 9445 -38.0 -55.5 14 17.5 -38.9 243 56 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.07 16 250 10672 -48.2 -58.9 28 10.7 -48.6 236 65 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 17 200 12120 -52.5 -69.2 12 16.7 -52.8 238 62 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13945 -60.3 -81.1 5 20.8 -60.5 246 63 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16414 -67.4 -87.1 5 19.7 -67.5 257 38 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.00 m Freezing level: 634.84 mb = 3853.06 m = 12641.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.70 mb = 3576.02 m = 11732.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.64 mb = 613.38 m = 2012.36 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.84 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1640.99 m = 5383.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.74 mb = 1371.25 m = 4498.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.74 mb = 2037.25 m = 6683.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.74 mb = 10889.97 m = 35727.81 ft B at Equ Level: 635.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.74 mb = 13086.53 m = 42934.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.6 neg: -4.6 tot: 170.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 7.10 Bulk Shear: 90.66 m/s