MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 11Z 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 58 SFC 972 305 20.1 17.2 84 2.8 18.2 197 9 295.6 297.9 292.4 332.5 12.82 2 950 505 20.8 16.7 77 4.2 18.0 212 26 298.3 300.6 293.1 335.1 12.65 3 900 974 20.3 14.6 70 5.6 16.5 232 37 302.4 304.6 293.6 337.1 11.72 4 850 1465 16.8 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 240 37 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.8 11.78 5 800 1980 13.4 12.4 94 1.0 12.7 246 29 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.4 11.36 6 750 2521 9.5 8.6 94 0.9 8.9 246 23 306.9 308.6 293.1 335.2 9.37 7 700 3090 6.4 -0.2 62 6.7 2.9 244 30 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.3 5.38 8 650 3694 2.4 -8.0 46 10.4 -2.2 246 36 311.7 312.3 289.3 321.9 3.21 9 600 4334 -2.4 -11.6 49 9.2 -6.0 244 37 313.3 313.8 289.3 321.8 2.63 10 550 5019 -6.5 -20.8 31 14.4 -10.9 239 42 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.9 1.32 11 500 5757 -11.8 -23.3 38 11.5 -15.0 239 47 318.6 318.9 289.6 322.7 1.17 12 450 6554 -17.0 -27.6 39 10.6 -19.4 241 49 321.9 322.0 290.3 325.0 0.88 13 400 7429 -21.7 -44.6 11 22.8 -24.6 241 56 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.18 14 350 8397 -29.2 -46.6 17 17.4 -30.9 240 61 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 15 300 9476 -38.5 -51.2 25 12.7 -39.3 246 65 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.11 16 250 10700 -48.7 -51.7 71 3.0 -48.8 252 80 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 17 200 12138 -54.0 -68.4 16 14.3 -54.3 253 91 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13964 -60.8 -82.8 4 22.0 -61.0 252 81 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16432 -68.0 -87.6 4 19.6 -68.1 258 37 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.09 m Freezing level: 625.05 mb = 4013.23 m = 13166.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.40 mb = 3429.82 m = 11252.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.28 mb = 668.18 m = 2192.18 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 18.56 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 1969.27 m = 6460.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.65 C K Index: 35.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 644.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.44 mb = 1360.04 m = 4462.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.44 mb = 3143.37 m = 10312.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.44 mb = 11086.74 m = 36373.37 ft B at Equ Level: 629.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.44 mb = 12969.90 m = 42551.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.0 neg: -33.7 tot: 230.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 18.07 Bulk Shear: 35.65 m/s