MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.94,-94.59 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -94.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 971 311 20.0 16.2 79 3.8 17.5 194 9 295.6 297.7 291.7 330.1 12.02 2 950 503 21.5 16.3 72 5.2 18.0 213 28 299.0 301.3 293.0 335.0 12.34 3 900 973 20.8 14.2 66 6.6 16.4 225 38 303.0 305.1 293.5 336.8 11.39 4 850 1464 16.9 13.7 81 3.2 14.8 237 35 303.9 306.1 294.0 338.7 11.71 5 800 1980 13.8 11.0 83 2.8 12.0 254 28 305.9 307.8 293.6 337.1 10.39 6 750 2521 9.6 8.8 95 0.8 9.1 260 23 307.0 308.7 293.3 335.7 9.52 7 700 3091 6.3 1.8 73 4.5 3.8 248 29 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.6 6.24 8 650 3694 2.3 -4.9 59 7.2 -1.1 245 37 311.5 312.3 290.1 324.4 4.09 9 600 4335 -2.0 -15.6 34 13.7 -6.9 244 39 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.1 1.88 10 550 5021 -6.2 -30.3 13 24.2 -12.0 240 41 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.7 0.56 11 500 5759 -11.3 -34.1 13 22.9 -15.9 241 45 319.3 319.4 289.0 320.8 0.43 12 450 6558 -16.1 -36.1 16 20.0 -19.8 243 48 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.39 13 400 7435 -21.0 -44.8 10 23.7 -24.1 241 51 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.18 14 350 8405 -29.2 -45.5 19 16.4 -30.9 242 55 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.19 15 300 9484 -38.5 -50.9 26 12.4 -39.3 247 60 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.12 16 250 10709 -48.5 -52.8 61 4.3 -48.7 255 76 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12150 -53.8 -69.7 13 15.9 -54.1 254 86 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13975 -61.2 -82.2 5 21.0 -61.4 250 81 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16439 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.5 250 37 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.85 m Freezing level: 623.25 mb = 4037.06 m = 13244.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3556.03 m = 11666.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.90 mb = 792.13 m = 2598.82 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.03 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2124.23 m = 6969.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 37.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.48 mb = 1489.65 m = 4887.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.48 mb = 3178.60 m = 10428.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.48 mb = 10905.98 m = 35780.33 ft B at Equ Level: 494.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.48 mb = 12732.01 m = 41771.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.4 neg: -12.6 tot: 246.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 13.58 Bulk Shear: 36.84 m/s