MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.90,-94.85 Latitude: 38.90 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 970 307 24.7 13.4 50 11.3 17.4 291 6 300.5 302.3 291.7 330.0 10.03 2 950 482 22.4 12.6 54 9.8 16.1 279 7 299.9 301.7 291.2 328.3 9.67 3 900 949 18.0 10.6 62 7.4 13.4 275 7 300.0 301.7 290.7 326.4 8.94 4 850 1435 15.1 -0.8 34 15.9 7.0 265 7 301.9 302.7 287.0 314.8 4.23 5 800 1944 11.6 -7.5 25 19.1 3.1 273 8 303.5 304.0 286.0 312.0 2.71 6 750 2479 7.0 -7.8 34 14.8 0.6 285 11 304.2 304.7 286.4 313.0 2.82 7 700 3039 1.3 -8.0 50 9.4 -2.6 290 14 304.0 304.5 286.5 313.2 2.98 8 650 3629 -4.3 -8.5 72 4.2 -6.0 279 17 304.1 304.7 286.6 313.7 3.09 9 600 4256 -8.1 -9.2 92 1.1 -8.5 268 21 306.7 307.3 287.6 316.7 3.17 10 550 4928 -11.4 -12.7 90 1.3 -11.9 266 30 310.6 311.1 288.4 319.0 2.62 11 500 5653 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.6 257 35 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.6 1.87 12 450 6440 -19.3 -21.1 86 1.8 -19.8 224 47 319.0 319.3 290.1 324.4 1.58 13 400 7308 -24.1 -26.0 85 1.8 -24.5 216 69 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.15 14 350 8267 -31.6 -33.9 80 2.3 -31.9 212 87 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.62 15 300 9340 -39.2 -43.0 67 3.8 -39.5 200 97 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.28 16 250 10563 -46.4 -64.5 11 18.1 -47.0 214 84 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 17 200 12037 -50.0 -73.1 5 23.0 -50.5 240 67 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13873 -58.8 -82.6 3 23.7 -59.0 257 66 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16386 -62.4 -87.6 2 25.2 -62.6 265 39 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.87 m Freezing level: 687.98 mb = 3181.25 m = 10437.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.43 mb = 2583.31 m = 8475.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.87 mb = 1717.70 m = 5635.42 ft T: 13.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.40 mb = 2386.71 m = 7830.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.86 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 15.27 C K Index: 20.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 47.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 387.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.23 mb = 1931.32 m = 6336.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.23 mb = 2740.56 m = 8991.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.23 mb = 6840.05 m = 22440.83 ft B at Equ Level: 385.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.23 mb = 10140.58 m = 33269.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.44 Bulk Shear: 21.03 m/s