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: 36.88,-94.06 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 965 386 20.6 18.8 89 1.8 19.4 223 10 296.7 299.3 293.8 338.0 14.27 2 950 520 19.5 18.2 92 1.3 18.7 225 17 297.0 299.5 293.7 337.4 13.99 3 900 985 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 227 31 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.3 13.97 4 850 1473 15.7 13.9 89 1.8 14.5 234 31 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.5 11.79 5 800 1988 13.7 12.1 90 1.6 12.7 239 25 305.7 307.8 294.1 339.2 11.15 6 750 2529 9.9 7.9 87 2.0 8.7 224 24 307.4 309.0 292.9 334.5 8.96 7 700 3100 6.9 -0.4 60 7.3 3.1 226 30 310.1 311.1 290.7 326.6 5.31 8 650 3704 1.6 -5.2 61 6.8 -1.6 236 37 310.8 311.5 289.8 323.4 4.00 9 600 4342 -3.8 -5.4 88 1.7 -4.5 236 41 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.2 4.26 10 550 5024 -7.9 -8.8 93 0.9 -8.2 234 44 314.8 315.4 290.6 326.3 3.59 11 500 5760 -11.9 -12.8 93 0.9 -12.2 234 44 318.6 319.1 291.1 328.0 2.85 12 450 6559 -17.3 -19.5 82 2.3 -17.9 236 45 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.7 1.81 13 400 7431 -22.9 -26.7 71 3.8 -23.8 237 48 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.0 1.07 14 350 8395 -30.3 -35.0 64 4.7 -31.0 236 52 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.0 0.56 15 300 9471 -38.5 -48.7 33 10.2 -39.2 239 68 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 16 250 10698 -48.1 -50.5 77 2.3 -48.2 243 85 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.15 17 200 12137 -53.9 -69.0 14 15.0 -54.2 246 94 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13965 -60.2 -82.5 4 22.3 -60.4 254 78 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16433 -68.2 -87.5 5 19.3 -68.2 248 42 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.65 m Freezing level: 634.96 mb = 3895.61 m = 12780.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.88 mb = 3494.83 m = 11465.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.84 mb = 612.69 m = 2010.11 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1218.12 m = 3996.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1241.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.63 mb = 959.94 m = 3149.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.63 mb = 2555.60 m = 8384.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.63 mb = 11302.46 m = 37081.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1228.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.63 mb = 14062.17 m = 46135.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.0 neg: -20.5 tot: 120.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 42.74 Bulk Shear: 29.05 m/s