MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.84,-94.94 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -94.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 980 243 20.9 19.6 92 1.3 20.0 213 8 295.7 298.4 293.9 338.2 14.79 2 950 516 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 214 17 296.3 298.9 293.7 337.6 14.35 3 900 981 17.4 17.2 99 0.2 17.3 224 27 299.4 302.0 294.3 339.9 13.86 4 850 1469 15.2 14.0 92 1.2 14.4 238 26 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.3 11.90 5 800 1982 13.5 13.1 97 0.4 13.3 237 22 305.6 307.8 294.6 341.3 11.94 6 750 2525 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 228 27 307.5 309.4 293.8 337.9 10.03 7 700 3095 6.8 -0.1 61 6.9 3.2 230 33 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.9 5.44 8 650 3699 2.6 -8.2 45 10.8 -2.1 237 37 311.9 312.5 289.4 322.1 3.17 9 600 4339 -3.4 -9.0 65 5.6 -5.7 239 41 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.5 3.23 10 550 5021 -8.2 -11.6 77 3.3 -9.5 236 45 314.3 314.9 289.9 323.6 2.87 11 500 5755 -12.4 -14.7 83 2.3 -13.2 235 47 318.0 318.4 290.6 326.1 2.44 12 450 6552 -17.3 -19.5 83 2.2 -17.9 235 46 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.7 1.81 13 400 7423 -23.7 -28.7 63 5.0 -24.7 234 50 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.4 0.89 14 350 8384 -31.2 -34.3 74 3.2 -31.6 233 52 326.7 326.9 291.4 328.9 0.60 15 300 9459 -38.5 -49.2 32 10.6 -39.3 236 76 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.14 16 250 10686 -48.3 -49.5 87 1.2 -48.4 238 88 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.17 17 200 12126 -53.5 -70.0 12 16.5 -53.8 244 95 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13958 -59.0 -82.3 3 23.3 -59.3 255 73 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16433 -68.2 -87.4 5 19.1 -68.4 244 45 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.95 m Freezing level: 628.36 mb = 3976.08 m = 13044.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.14 mb = 3450.41 m = 11320.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.01 mb = 406.62 m = 1334.04 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 19.28 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 884.17 m = 2900.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.92 C = 75.06 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.35 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1273.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.14 mb = 753.17 m = 2470.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.14 mb = 2645.36 m = 8678.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.14 mb = 11247.99 m = 36902.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1261.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.14 mb = 13993.12 m = 45908.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.7 neg: -11.0 tot: 137.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 25.40 Bulk Shear: 50.15 m/s