MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.15,-93.27 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 965 388 20.4 18.8 91 1.6 19.3 203 9 296.5 299.1 293.7 337.8 14.28 2 950 520 19.3 18.2 93 1.2 18.5 214 15 296.8 299.3 293.6 337.1 13.94 3 900 985 17.9 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 232 29 300.0 302.4 293.8 337.9 12.95 4 850 1474 17.0 11.5 70 5.6 13.5 249 29 304.0 305.8 292.8 334.0 10.05 5 800 1990 13.8 10.7 82 3.0 11.9 249 25 305.8 307.7 293.4 336.4 10.19 6 750 2531 10.0 6.5 78 3.6 7.9 241 25 307.5 309.0 292.3 332.1 8.10 7 700 3101 6.4 0.1 64 6.3 3.1 240 31 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.6 5.50 8 650 3703 0.9 -2.5 78 3.4 -0.8 241 38 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.3 4.89 9 600 4342 -3.5 -5.8 84 2.3 -4.6 239 44 312.0 312.8 290.3 325.1 4.14 10 550 5025 -7.5 -8.7 91 1.2 -8.0 239 44 315.2 315.9 290.8 326.8 3.60 11 500 5761 -11.7 -12.2 95 0.6 -11.9 237 43 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.7 2.99 12 450 6561 -16.8 -17.4 95 0.6 -17.0 231 44 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.4 2.16 13 400 7433 -23.5 -26.0 80 2.5 -24.1 228 47 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.15 14 350 8396 -30.3 -37.1 51 6.8 -31.2 230 51 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.6 0.45 15 300 9473 -38.7 -51.2 26 12.4 -39.5 239 67 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 16 250 10698 -48.2 -50.8 75 2.6 -48.3 245 82 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.14 17 200 12137 -54.0 -69.6 13 15.7 -54.2 250 96 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13963 -60.0 -82.0 4 22.0 -60.2 253 76 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16438 -67.9 -87.7 4 19.8 -68.0 254 39 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.67 m Freezing level: 639.70 mb = 3834.77 m = 12581.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.35 mb = 3574.94 m = 11728.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.80 mb = 585.47 m = 1920.80 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.31 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.09 mb = 1851.70 m = 6075.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 33.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 989.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.93 mb = 1110.09 m = 3641.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.93 mb = 2961.52 m = 9716.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.93 mb = 11181.89 m = 36685.54 ft B at Equ Level: 972.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.93 mb = 13882.03 m = 45544.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.6 neg: -10.7 tot: 146.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 22.22 Bulk Shear: 44.53 m/s