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: 39.124,-94.982 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -94.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 974 276 20.3 19.1 93 1.2 19.5 232 8 295.6 298.2 293.6 337.1 14.42 2 950 493 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.6 241 17 296.4 298.9 293.6 337.3 14.18 3 900 957 16.6 16.4 98 0.3 16.5 249 21 298.7 301.0 293.6 336.9 13.14 4 850 1444 14.9 14.1 95 0.9 14.4 236 25 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.1 11.97 5 800 1957 12.8 11.0 89 1.8 11.6 239 36 304.7 306.7 293.2 335.7 10.34 6 750 2496 8.3 6.4 88 1.9 7.2 245 37 305.6 307.1 291.7 330.0 8.08 7 700 3062 4.4 0.4 75 4.0 2.3 248 39 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.6 5.63 8 650 3662 1.7 -9.0 45 10.7 -2.9 245 41 310.9 311.5 288.9 320.4 2.98 9 600 4301 -3.2 -6.4 79 3.1 -4.7 238 42 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.9 3.96 10 550 4985 -7.2 -10.8 75 3.6 -8.7 236 45 315.6 316.1 290.4 325.5 3.05 11 500 5722 -11.6 -18.5 57 6.8 -13.8 235 48 318.9 319.2 290.2 324.9 1.78 12 450 6520 -17.0 -25.7 47 8.7 -19.1 238 53 321.9 322.1 290.4 325.5 1.05 13 400 7393 -22.8 -30.1 51 7.3 -24.2 240 56 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.1 0.78 14 350 8356 -30.3 -36.5 55 6.2 -31.2 242 57 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.48 15 300 9431 -39.4 -46.0 50 6.6 -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 69 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.06 17 200 12084 -53.4 -71.7 9 18.3 -53.7 247 76 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13919 -58.8 -82.2 3 23.3 -59.1 246 63 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16404 -67.3 -87.3 4 20.0 -67.4 245 41 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.33 m Freezing level: 632.55 mb = 3884.74 m = 12745.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.65 mb = 3324.34 m = 10906.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.54 mb = 424.89 m = 1393.99 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 16.70 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 864.57 m = 2836.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.83 C = 73.10 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.70 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1109.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.85 mb = 797.99 m = 2618.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.85 mb = 2255.88 m = 7401.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.85 mb = 11132.83 m = 36524.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1107.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.85 mb = 13840.99 m = 45409.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 128.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.0 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: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 18.34 Bulk Shear: 60.51 m/s