MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.79,-95.25 Latitude: 39.79 Longitude: -95.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 968 311 23.1 19.8 82 3.3 20.8 224 2 299.0 301.8 295.1 343.3 15.19 2 950 478 22.8 16.9 69 5.9 18.8 232 10 300.3 302.7 293.9 338.1 12.88 3 900 947 19.9 14.5 71 5.4 16.4 224 17 302.0 304.2 293.4 336.4 11.64 4 850 1438 16.3 13.2 82 3.1 14.3 215 24 303.2 305.3 293.5 336.7 11.27 5 800 1951 12.0 11.8 98 0.3 11.9 213 29 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.5 10.91 6 750 2489 9.3 8.5 95 0.8 8.8 221 38 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.8 9.32 7 700 3060 6.5 5.5 93 1.0 5.9 230 41 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.5 8.10 8 650 3664 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 234 41 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.5 6.36 9 600 4304 -2.4 -13.0 44 10.6 -6.4 238 44 313.4 313.8 289.0 321.0 2.35 10 550 4990 -5.6 -34.7 8 29.1 -11.9 242 48 317.4 317.5 288.3 318.8 0.37 11 500 5732 -9.5 -41.6 5 32.1 -15.2 245 47 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.2 0.20 12 450 6536 -15.5 -42.3 8 26.8 -19.7 248 44 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.20 13 400 7411 -22.7 -44.6 12 21.9 -25.4 245 47 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.18 14 350 8375 -29.7 -52.0 10 22.3 -31.5 238 50 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.09 15 300 9455 -37.9 -56.4 13 18.5 -38.9 246 53 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 16 250 10683 -47.7 -58.1 29 10.4 -48.1 239 60 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.06 17 200 12133 -53.0 -72.1 8 19.1 -53.3 239 56 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13951 -61.1 -81.0 6 19.9 -61.3 244 61 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16423 -67.5 -87.1 5 19.6 -67.6 259 39 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.81 m Freezing level: 629.69 mb = 3924.15 m = 12874.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.54 mb = 3768.83 m = 12364.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.57 mb = 732.11 m = 2401.91 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 17.89 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.34 mb = 1707.25 m = 5601.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 755.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.79 mb = 1429.69 m = 4690.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.79 mb = 1994.62 m = 6543.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.79 mb = 11063.47 m = 36297.02 ft B at Equ Level: 742.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.79 mb = 13318.57 m = 43695.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 238.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 8.17 Bulk Shear: 92.47 m/s