MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 1Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.49,-96.46 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -96.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 959 413 24.6 15.0 55 9.6 18.2 180 11 301.3 303.4 292.9 334.5 11.25 2 950 495 26.0 15.0 51 11.0 18.6 186 22 303.6 305.7 293.6 337.2 11.32 3 900 969 22.7 13.4 56 9.3 16.6 200 30 304.9 307.0 293.7 337.3 10.82 4 850 1463 18.3 12.6 70 5.6 14.6 210 30 305.3 307.3 293.8 337.8 10.87 5 800 1979 13.8 11.6 86 2.3 12.4 223 29 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.2 10.76 6 750 2521 9.8 9.3 96 0.6 9.5 237 29 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.0 9.83 7 700 3091 6.3 4.3 87 2.0 5.1 243 33 309.4 310.8 292.3 332.3 7.44 8 650 3696 3.1 -1.5 72 4.6 0.8 247 41 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.1 5.28 9 600 4339 -1.3 -8.5 58 7.2 -4.4 250 44 314.6 315.2 290.4 325.4 3.36 10 550 5028 -4.9 -28.4 14 23.5 -11.0 249 44 318.2 318.4 288.9 320.6 0.67 11 500 5769 -9.8 -35.0 11 25.2 -15.0 244 43 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.5 0.39 12 450 6572 -15.6 -39.6 11 24.0 -19.6 242 43 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.27 13 400 7449 -21.7 -47.2 8 25.5 -24.7 245 44 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.14 14 350 8418 -28.7 -53.5 7 24.8 -30.7 247 43 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.08 15 300 9500 -37.8 -55.6 14 17.8 -38.8 248 44 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.07 16 250 10728 -47.8 -57.3 33 9.4 -48.2 242 57 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12172 -53.9 -68.5 15 14.6 -54.2 244 70 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13993 -60.8 -82.3 4 21.4 -61.0 245 66 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16460 -69.2 -87.3 6 18.1 -69.3 255 37 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.16 m Freezing level: 614.78 mb = 4148.91 m = 13611.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.75 mb = 3785.89 m = 12420.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.90 mb = 1636.22 m = 5368.10 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 17.62 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.38 mb = 2328.56 m = 7639.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.94 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 552.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.00 mb = 2053.11 m = 6735.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.00 mb = 2766.94 m = 9077.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.00 mb = 11046.61 m = 36241.72 ft B at Equ Level: 543.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.00 mb = 12909.73 m = 42354.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 262.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 6.16 Bulk Shear: 89.69 m/s