MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.16,-94.23 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -94.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 969 328 21.4 20.1 92 1.3 20.5 206 11 297.3 300.1 294.8 342.2 15.51 2 950 496 19.8 19.3 97 0.5 19.5 212 20 297.3 300.0 294.5 340.7 14.99 3 900 961 17.3 17.1 99 0.2 17.2 217 29 299.3 301.8 294.2 339.5 13.77 4 850 1449 15.8 13.6 87 2.2 14.3 220 29 302.7 304.8 293.6 336.9 11.57 5 800 1964 14.7 11.4 81 3.3 12.6 220 24 306.8 308.8 294.0 338.9 10.64 6 750 2508 10.9 7.5 80 3.4 8.8 228 28 308.4 310.0 293.0 334.9 8.71 7 700 3079 6.0 2.0 75 4.1 3.8 235 33 309.2 310.3 291.3 328.6 6.31 8 650 3680 0.6 -2.9 77 3.5 -1.1 239 37 309.7 310.6 290.2 324.6 4.77 9 600 4317 -4.2 -5.9 88 1.7 -5.0 241 41 311.3 312.1 290.0 324.2 4.10 10 550 4998 -8.3 -10.5 84 2.2 -9.1 238 47 314.3 314.9 290.1 324.4 3.13 11 500 5733 -11.9 -14.3 83 2.3 -12.8 230 52 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.9 2.53 12 450 6533 -16.7 -18.9 83 2.2 -17.4 224 58 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.7 1.91 13 400 7405 -23.3 -26.4 76 3.1 -24.0 226 65 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.10 14 350 8370 -29.2 -32.6 72 3.4 -29.7 225 59 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.9 0.70 15 300 9451 -38.2 -41.1 73 3.0 -38.4 223 54 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.35 16 250 10675 -48.9 -51.5 75 2.5 -49.1 223 62 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 17 200 12112 -55.0 -71.8 11 16.7 -55.2 239 91 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13937 -57.1 -84.0 2 26.9 -57.4 250 61 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16440 -66.9 -87.4 4 20.5 -67.0 254 42 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.86 m Freezing level: 643.39 mb = 3764.40 m = 12350.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.88 mb = 3545.53 m = 11632.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.76 mb = 489.18 m = 1604.89 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 898.05 m = 2946.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.17 C = 73.70 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1437.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.12 mb = 865.04 m = 2838.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.12 mb = 2673.76 m = 8772.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.12 mb = 11642.38 m = 38196.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1418.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.12 mb = 14581.83 m = 47840.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.8 neg: -21.7 tot: 130.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 32.87 Bulk Shear: 43.72 m/s