MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.74,-97.07 Latitude: 37.74 Longitude: -97.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 958 409 26.3 15.4 51 10.9 19.0 190 7 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.5 11.58 2 950 481 27.2 15.2 48 12.0 19.1 199 11 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.2 11.52 3 900 957 23.6 13.7 54 9.9 17.0 208 20 305.8 307.8 294.0 338.9 11.01 4 850 1452 19.0 12.6 66 6.4 14.8 213 24 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.7 10.86 5 800 1970 14.2 11.5 84 2.7 12.4 219 26 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.6 10.72 6 750 2511 9.7 9.3 98 0.3 9.5 225 29 307.1 308.9 293.6 336.9 9.88 7 700 3082 5.7 5.6 99 0.1 5.6 230 32 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.7 8.16 8 650 3684 2.1 -3.3 67 5.4 -0.6 240 42 311.3 312.2 290.5 325.8 4.61 9 600 4326 -1.0 -17.1 28 16.1 -6.7 246 49 314.9 315.3 288.9 320.5 1.66 10 550 5015 -4.7 -30.2 12 25.5 -11.1 246 47 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.5 0.56 11 500 5757 -9.5 -36.8 9 27.3 -15.0 242 44 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.6 0.33 12 450 6561 -15.6 -41.3 9 25.7 -19.7 242 44 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.23 13 400 7436 -22.1 -46.7 9 24.6 -25.0 245 46 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.14 14 350 8404 -28.7 -54.1 7 25.4 -30.7 246 45 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.07 15 300 9487 -37.6 -56.0 13 18.3 -38.7 247 50 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.07 16 250 10715 -48.1 -57.8 32 9.7 -48.4 240 60 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12159 -53.4 -69.5 12 16.0 -53.7 242 68 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13984 -60.5 -82.7 4 22.2 -60.7 242 64 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16450 -69.3 -87.4 6 18.0 -69.4 254 41 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.98 m Freezing level: 616.50 mb = 4114.00 m = 13497.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.60 mb = 3626.53 m = 11897.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.68 mb = 1793.67 m = 5884.68 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.77 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.92 mb = 2291.18 m = 7516.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 41.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 837.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.26 mb = 2136.40 m = 7009.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.26 mb = 2408.06 m = 7900.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.26 mb = 11275.61 m = 36993.03 ft B at Equ Level: 825.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.26 mb = 13603.48 m = 44630.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 10.51 Bulk Shear: 79.70 m/s