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: 40.02,-94.98 Latitude: 40.02 Longitude: -94.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 970 306 23.4 9.6 41 13.8 15.0 260 8 299.2 300.6 289.3 322.0 7.76 2 950 485 22.3 6.9 37 15.4 13.3 275 17 299.8 301.0 288.5 319.2 6.56 3 900 950 18.2 3.8 38 14.4 10.2 279 21 300.3 301.3 287.7 316.9 5.57 4 850 1435 13.7 2.2 46 11.5 7.6 278 22 300.5 301.5 287.5 316.3 5.28 5 800 1941 9.1 0.1 53 9.0 4.5 273 21 300.8 301.7 287.2 315.3 4.81 6 750 2472 4.8 -3.4 55 8.2 1.0 260 23 301.8 302.6 286.7 313.9 3.97 7 700 3030 0.5 -5.5 64 6.0 -2.1 256 26 303.0 303.7 286.8 314.1 3.61 8 650 3619 -4.4 -8.0 76 3.6 -5.8 262 26 304.0 304.6 286.8 314.0 3.23 9 600 4244 -8.8 -10.2 89 1.4 -9.4 257 29 305.9 306.5 287.1 315.1 2.92 10 550 4913 -13.2 -13.9 94 0.7 -13.4 250 35 308.5 308.9 287.4 316.0 2.38 11 500 5632 -18.6 -20.5 85 1.9 -19.1 242 40 310.3 310.6 287.2 315.3 1.49 12 450 6408 -23.5 -26.1 79 2.6 -24.0 240 46 313.7 313.9 287.8 317.1 1.01 13 400 7264 -25.8 -28.1 81 2.3 -26.2 223 72 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.8 0.95 14 350 8220 -31.8 -36.5 63 4.7 -32.4 212 92 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.48 15 300 9288 -41.1 -45.4 63 4.3 -41.4 209 98 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.22 16 250 10509 -45.3 -64.0 10 18.7 -45.9 220 74 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.03 17 200 11990 -48.7 -76.1 3 27.4 -49.3 243 61 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 13837 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 249 65 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16353 -62.3 -87.6 2 25.3 -62.6 266 41 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.03 m Freezing level: 694.83 mb = 3090.89 m = 10140.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.95 mb = 2646.98 m = 8684.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.74 mb = 2037.19 m = 6683.60 ft T: 8.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.87 mb = 2871.30 m = 9420.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.40 mb = 2565.29 m = 8416.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.40 mb = 3420.95 m = 11223.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.40 mb = 6466.59 m = 21215.58 ft B at Equ Level: 92.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.40 mb = 7329.00 m = 24045.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 26.35 m/s