MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.95,-94.14 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 963 368 21.0 19.7 93 1.2 20.1 197 13 297.3 300.1 294.6 341.3 15.21 2 950 486 20.0 19.2 96 0.7 19.5 204 21 297.5 300.2 294.5 340.7 14.94 3 900 952 17.4 17.2 99 0.2 17.3 209 31 299.4 302.0 294.3 340.0 13.89 4 850 1440 15.7 14.0 90 1.6 14.6 212 34 302.6 304.7 293.8 337.8 11.92 5 800 1955 14.3 8.4 68 5.9 10.7 212 33 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.6 8.69 6 750 2497 10.2 6.6 78 3.7 8.0 219 31 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.5 8.15 7 700 3066 5.3 4.0 91 1.4 4.5 230 31 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.7 7.29 8 650 3667 0.2 -1.0 92 1.2 -0.4 236 34 309.2 310.2 290.6 326.1 5.48 9 600 4303 -4.4 -5.5 92 1.1 -4.9 235 38 311.1 311.9 290.1 324.4 4.23 10 550 4985 -7.4 -8.6 91 1.2 -7.9 228 44 315.3 316.0 290.9 326.9 3.63 11 500 5723 -11.0 -12.1 92 1.1 -11.4 223 48 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.02 12 450 6525 -16.2 -17.9 86 1.7 -16.7 224 56 322.9 323.3 291.7 329.9 2.07 13 400 7400 -22.2 -24.8 79 2.7 -22.8 226 68 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.7 1.28 14 350 8369 -28.5 -31.5 75 3.1 -29.0 225 59 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.78 15 300 9453 -37.4 -40.6 72 3.1 -37.7 224 53 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.37 16 250 10680 -48.8 -51.9 70 3.1 -48.9 228 60 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 17 200 12109 -56.5 -67.1 25 10.6 -56.7 241 91 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13938 -56.8 -83.9 2 27.1 -57.1 257 62 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16440 -67.6 -87.3 4 19.6 -67.7 257 45 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.06 m Freezing level: 648.17 mb = 3689.83 m = 12105.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.51 mb = 3610.62 m = 11845.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.03 mb = 522.45 m = 1714.05 ft T: 19.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 16.92 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 949.95 m = 3116.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.55 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1324.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.44 mb = 909.41 m = 2983.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.44 mb = 2502.66 m = 8210.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.44 mb = 11813.82 m = 38758.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1310.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.44 mb = 14388.27 m = 47205.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.2 neg: -5.6 tot: 139.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 36.21 Bulk Shear: 36.59 m/s