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: 37.56,-96.89 Latitude: 37.56 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 960 403 24.6 16.2 59 8.4 18.9 184 10 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.0 12.12 2 950 490 25.6 15.9 55 9.7 19.0 190 17 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.8 12.01 3 900 964 22.6 14.0 58 8.6 16.9 202 28 304.8 306.9 293.9 338.5 11.26 4 850 1459 18.7 12.8 69 5.9 14.8 210 29 305.8 307.8 294.0 338.9 11.03 5 800 1976 14.4 11.7 84 2.6 12.6 222 29 306.4 308.5 294.1 339.2 10.87 6 750 2518 9.8 9.2 96 0.6 9.5 235 29 307.2 309.1 293.5 336.8 9.78 7 700 3088 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.2 241 33 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.6 7.83 8 650 3691 3.4 -3.3 61 6.7 0.1 246 41 312.8 313.6 290.9 327.3 4.60 9 600 4335 -1.7 -4.9 79 3.2 -3.2 248 44 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.2 4.43 10 550 5023 -5.1 -28.9 13 23.8 -11.2 249 47 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.3 0.64 11 500 5765 -9.8 -34.4 11 24.6 -15.0 244 45 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.41 12 450 6567 -15.7 -39.6 11 23.8 -19.7 241 44 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.27 13 400 7443 -21.8 -47.1 8 25.3 -24.8 245 47 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.14 14 350 8412 -28.8 -52.9 8 24.1 -30.9 248 45 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.08 15 300 9493 -37.9 -55.6 14 17.8 -38.9 246 48 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.07 16 250 10721 -48.1 -56.9 36 8.8 -48.4 243 59 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12163 -53.6 -69.2 13 15.6 -53.8 244 71 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13990 -60.3 -82.3 4 22.0 -60.5 243 64 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16455 -68.9 -87.5 5 18.5 -69.1 253 39 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.97 m Freezing level: 616.77 mb = 4118.98 m = 13513.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.81 mb = 3705.98 m = 12158.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.84 mb = 1480.31 m = 4856.60 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 11.87 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.83 mb = 2255.15 m = 7398.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 40.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 810.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.06 mb = 1954.05 m = 6410.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.06 mb = 2550.20 m = 8366.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.06 mb = 11342.93 m = 37213.87 ft B at Equ Level: 791.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.06 mb = 13698.22 m = 44941.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.44 Bulk Shear: 85.86 m/s