MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.09,-95.04 Latitude: 39.09 Longitude: -95.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 974 279 20.3 19.1 93 1.1 19.5 233 8 295.7 298.3 293.6 337.2 14.47 2 950 494 19.0 18.4 97 0.5 18.6 243 17 296.4 299.0 293.7 337.3 14.19 3 900 958 16.6 16.4 98 0.3 16.5 250 20 298.6 301.0 293.5 336.8 13.12 4 850 1444 14.9 14.1 94 0.9 14.4 236 25 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.1 11.95 5 800 1957 12.8 11.0 89 1.7 11.7 238 35 304.7 306.7 293.3 335.8 10.39 6 750 2496 8.3 6.5 88 1.8 7.3 245 37 305.6 307.1 291.7 330.2 8.15 7 700 3062 4.3 0.7 77 3.6 2.4 248 39 307.2 308.3 290.2 324.9 5.75 8 650 3662 1.7 -9.0 45 10.7 -2.9 245 41 310.9 311.5 288.9 320.4 2.97 9 600 4301 -3.2 -6.6 77 3.5 -4.7 239 42 312.4 313.2 290.2 324.7 3.88 10 550 4985 -7.2 -10.8 76 3.6 -8.7 236 45 315.5 316.1 290.4 325.4 3.05 11 500 5722 -11.6 -18.4 57 6.8 -13.7 235 48 318.9 319.2 290.2 324.9 1.79 12 450 6520 -17.0 -25.5 48 8.5 -19.1 238 53 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.6 1.07 13 400 7393 -22.8 -30.1 51 7.3 -24.2 240 57 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.1 0.78 14 350 8356 -30.3 -36.3 56 6.0 -31.1 242 58 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.49 15 300 9432 -39.4 -45.7 51 6.3 -39.9 244 66 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.21 16 250 10648 -50.4 -57.9 41 7.5 -50.6 245 69 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.06 17 200 12084 -53.4 -71.6 9 18.3 -53.7 247 76 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13920 -58.9 -82.2 3 23.3 -59.1 246 63 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16404 -67.3 -87.2 4 19.9 -67.4 246 41 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.36 m Freezing level: 632.48 mb = 3886.00 m = 12749.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.34 mb = 3328.38 m = 10919.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.11 mb = 420.11 m = 1378.30 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 16.66 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 864.94 m = 2837.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.80 C = 73.04 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 37.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1110.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.48 mb = 801.80 m = 2630.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.48 mb = 2260.21 m = 7415.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.48 mb = 11143.37 m = 36559.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1107.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.48 mb = 13857.18 m = 45462.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 129.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 17.94 Bulk Shear: 61.91 m/s