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: 37.30,-94.96 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 974 273 22.2 20.6 90 1.7 21.1 200 12 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.5 15.83 2 950 490 20.0 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 204 18 297.4 300.1 294.4 340.4 14.83 3 900 955 16.9 16.5 98 0.4 16.7 210 23 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.6 13.25 4 850 1442 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.6 219 20 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.5 10.89 5 800 1956 14.2 10.8 80 3.4 12.0 224 14 306.2 308.1 293.6 336.9 10.20 6 750 2499 11.5 5.4 66 6.1 7.9 238 24 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.0 7.50 7 700 3072 6.9 0.8 65 6.2 3.6 237 31 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.1 5.79 8 650 3674 0.9 -1.1 86 2.0 -0.1 236 33 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.9 5.43 9 600 4312 -4.3 -5.3 92 1.1 -4.8 239 37 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.6 4.28 10 550 4992 -8.8 -11.6 81 2.7 -9.9 234 44 313.6 314.1 289.6 322.9 2.87 11 500 5724 -13.0 -17.9 66 4.9 -14.5 231 54 317.2 317.6 289.8 323.5 1.87 12 450 6521 -17.2 -25.3 50 8.0 -19.2 230 62 321.6 321.8 290.4 325.4 1.09 13 400 7392 -23.3 -31.8 46 8.5 -24.9 227 68 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.1 0.66 14 350 8354 -30.5 -37.6 50 7.1 -31.4 226 68 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.43 15 300 9429 -39.6 -42.3 75 2.8 -39.8 220 60 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.31 16 250 10648 -48.6 -57.5 35 8.9 -48.9 221 89 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.06 17 200 12096 -53.7 -75.0 6 21.3 -54.0 237 82 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13928 -57.0 -83.4 2 26.4 -57.3 254 59 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16434 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.4 -67.0 253 45 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.88 m Freezing level: 641.07 mb = 3788.07 m = 12427.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.31 mb = 3657.81 m = 12000.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.05 mb = 480.46 m = 1576.30 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 14.07 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.57 mb = 864.09 m = 2834.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.26 C = 73.87 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1438.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.18 mb = 839.49 m = 2754.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.18 mb = 886.77 m = 2909.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.18 mb = 1077.33 m = 3534.49 ft B at Equ Level: 12.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 817.18 mb = 1775.93 m = 5826.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.4 neg: -33.8 tot: 79.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 30.12 Bulk Shear: 47.78 m/s