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: 37.42,-93.66 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 970 318 21.8 20.1 90 1.7 20.6 211 10 297.5 300.3 294.8 342.2 15.41 2 950 499 20.1 19.1 94 1.0 19.4 215 18 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.4 14.79 3 900 965 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 222 29 299.3 301.8 294.2 339.6 13.81 4 850 1452 15.2 14.1 93 1.2 14.5 225 31 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.4 11.96 5 800 1966 14.4 10.8 79 3.6 12.1 220 28 306.5 308.4 293.7 337.4 10.23 6 750 2509 10.7 5.3 69 5.4 7.6 226 31 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.1 7.49 7 700 3079 5.0 0.8 74 4.3 2.8 237 35 308.1 309.1 290.5 325.9 5.79 8 650 3678 -0.0 -2.9 81 2.8 -1.4 246 40 308.9 309.8 289.9 323.8 4.77 9 600 4314 -4.3 -6.1 87 1.8 -5.1 246 45 311.2 312.0 290.0 324.0 4.06 10 550 4996 -7.9 -9.4 89 1.5 -8.5 239 48 314.7 315.4 290.5 325.7 3.42 11 500 5732 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 229 49 319.3 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.88 12 450 6533 -16.3 -18.3 84 2.1 -16.9 225 52 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.6 2.01 13 400 7408 -22.5 -25.4 77 2.9 -23.2 224 57 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.0 1.21 14 350 8374 -29.6 -33.0 72 3.4 -30.2 224 57 328.8 329.0 292.1 331.3 0.68 15 300 9453 -38.3 -41.3 73 3.1 -38.6 226 54 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10677 -49.1 -51.7 74 2.6 -49.1 228 62 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 17 200 12109 -55.5 -69.6 16 14.1 -55.8 241 92 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13935 -57.1 -83.4 2 26.3 -57.4 248 62 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16436 -67.0 -87.5 4 20.5 -67.1 253 41 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.73 m Freezing level: 650.28 mb = 3674.51 m = 12055.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3473.24 m = 11395.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.27 mb = 533.25 m = 1749.48 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 901.37 m = 2957.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1439.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.63 mb = 863.63 m = 2833.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.63 mb = 1006.19 m = 3301.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.63 mb = 1101.98 m = 3615.36 ft B at Equ Level: 14.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 805.63 mb = 1906.86 m = 6256.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.3 neg: -18.0 tot: 162.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 26.39 Bulk Shear: 54.55 m/s