MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 1Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.63,-96.83 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -96.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 957 415 25.1 15.7 56 9.5 18.8 182 9 302.0 304.2 293.5 336.8 11.76 2 950 483 26.0 15.5 52 10.5 18.9 188 16 303.6 305.8 294.0 338.6 11.76 3 900 958 23.1 13.6 55 9.5 16.8 205 28 305.3 307.4 293.9 338.2 10.97 4 850 1453 18.7 12.8 68 5.9 14.8 214 28 305.8 307.8 294.0 338.8 11.00 5 800 1970 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 224 28 306.0 308.0 294.0 338.9 10.96 6 750 2511 9.5 9.4 99 0.1 9.4 234 29 306.9 308.7 293.5 336.8 9.90 7 700 3081 5.3 5.1 98 0.2 5.2 242 33 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.5 7.89 8 650 3682 2.0 -5.6 57 7.7 -1.5 248 43 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.5 3.86 9 600 4324 -1.0 -20.9 20 19.9 -7.4 252 45 315.0 315.2 288.5 319.1 1.21 10 550 5013 -4.4 -29.0 13 24.5 -10.8 249 44 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.1 0.63 11 500 5756 -9.6 -35.9 10 26.3 -15.0 243 44 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.6 0.36 12 450 6559 -15.7 -40.0 10 24.3 -19.7 240 46 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.26 13 400 7435 -21.8 -46.3 9 24.4 -24.8 243 46 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 14 350 8404 -28.7 -52.3 8 23.6 -30.7 244 43 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 15 300 9486 -37.9 -54.7 16 16.8 -38.8 246 46 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 16 250 10713 -48.0 -57.6 32 9.6 -48.4 244 56 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12156 -53.8 -69.2 14 15.4 -54.1 244 69 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13980 -60.7 -82.1 4 21.3 -60.9 238 65 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16444 -69.2 -87.1 6 17.9 -69.3 250 39 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.71 m Freezing level: 616.03 mb = 4118.42 m = 13511.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.26 mb = 3543.04 m = 11623.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.32 mb = 1621.83 m = 5320.91 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 19.84 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.51 mb = 2241.28 m = 7353.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 40.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 768.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.59 mb = 2047.95 m = 6718.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.59 mb = 2426.47 m = 7960.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.59 mb = 11320.59 m = 37140.59 ft B at Equ Level: 750.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.59 mb = 13667.03 m = 44838.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 8.93 Bulk Shear: 86.08 m/s