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: 37.23,-94.17 Latitude: 37.23 Longitude: -94.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 325 21.4 20.1 92 1.4 20.5 210 12 297.3 300.0 294.8 341.9 15.41 2 950 496 19.9 19.3 96 0.6 19.5 214 20 297.3 300.0 294.5 340.6 14.96 3 900 961 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 218 29 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.4 13.74 4 850 1449 15.6 13.7 89 1.8 14.4 221 29 302.5 304.6 293.6 337.1 11.70 5 800 1964 14.7 11.4 81 3.3 12.6 219 24 306.8 308.8 294.0 338.9 10.65 6 750 2508 10.8 7.5 80 3.4 8.8 227 27 308.3 310.0 293.0 334.8 8.70 7 700 3078 5.9 2.0 76 3.9 3.8 235 33 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.6 6.33 8 650 3680 0.6 -2.7 78 3.3 -1.0 240 37 309.6 310.5 290.2 324.6 4.81 9 600 4317 -4.2 -5.9 88 1.7 -5.0 242 41 311.2 312.0 290.0 324.2 4.11 10 550 4997 -8.4 -10.3 86 2.0 -9.2 238 47 314.2 314.8 290.1 324.4 3.16 11 500 5732 -12.0 -14.2 84 2.2 -12.8 230 52 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.9 2.55 12 450 6532 -16.7 -18.9 83 2.2 -17.4 225 58 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.7 1.91 13 400 7405 -23.2 -26.3 76 3.1 -23.9 225 64 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.7 1.12 14 350 8369 -29.2 -32.6 73 3.3 -29.7 225 59 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.9 0.71 15 300 9450 -38.2 -41.2 74 3.0 -38.5 223 55 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.35 16 250 10674 -49.0 -51.6 74 2.6 -49.1 222 63 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 17 200 12110 -55.1 -71.5 11 16.4 -55.4 239 91 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.01 18 150 13936 -57.0 -83.9 2 26.9 -57.3 250 61 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16439 -66.9 -87.4 4 20.5 -67.0 254 42 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.68 m Freezing level: 643.96 mb = 3756.52 m = 12324.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.77 mb = 3546.26 m = 11634.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.77 mb = 498.23 m = 1634.58 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 14.68 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 890.71 m = 2922.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.64 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1431.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.69 mb = 859.80 m = 2820.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.69 mb = 1002.35 m = 3288.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.69 mb = 1098.15 m = 3602.82 ft B at Equ Level: 15.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 815.69 mb = 1799.16 m = 5902.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.1 neg: -24.0 tot: 126.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 33.75 Bulk Shear: 42.42 m/s