MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.14,-94.20 Latitude: 37.14 Longitude: -94.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 333 20.6 19.8 95 0.8 20.0 216 13 296.6 299.3 294.4 340.3 15.18 2 950 486 19.5 19.2 98 0.3 19.3 220 22 297.0 299.7 294.3 340.1 14.91 3 900 951 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 222 32 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.8 13.86 4 850 1439 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 224 35 302.0 304.4 294.1 339.4 12.65 5 800 1951 12.5 11.5 94 1.0 11.8 224 36 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.3 10.68 6 750 2491 9.0 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 224 34 306.4 308.0 292.6 333.2 8.87 7 700 3059 4.5 4.1 97 0.4 4.2 226 33 307.5 308.8 291.7 329.8 7.34 8 650 3658 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.4 226 33 309.5 310.7 291.2 328.0 5.99 9 600 4296 -3.6 -4.1 97 0.4 -3.8 225 36 311.9 312.8 290.8 326.8 4.72 10 550 4979 -7.4 -8.2 94 0.8 -7.8 224 41 315.3 316.0 290.9 327.3 3.73 11 500 5717 -11.0 -12.2 91 1.2 -11.5 223 48 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.5 3.00 12 450 6520 -15.2 -16.7 88 1.5 -15.7 223 56 324.2 324.6 292.3 332.0 2.30 13 400 7399 -21.2 -23.3 83 2.2 -21.7 226 64 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.6 1.46 14 350 8368 -28.8 -31.8 75 3.0 -29.3 223 57 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.7 0.76 15 300 9453 -37.1 -40.1 74 3.0 -37.4 220 48 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.39 16 250 10683 -48.1 -51.1 71 3.0 -48.3 219 52 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 17 200 12114 -56.3 -68.3 21 12.0 -56.5 239 74 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13938 -58.7 -83.2 3 24.5 -58.9 266 67 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16441 -66.3 -87.1 4 20.8 -66.4 258 40 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.88 m Freezing level: 643.90 mb = 3735.91 m = 12256.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.60 mb = 3712.24 m = 12179.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.10 mb = 430.34 m = 1411.86 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 865.36 m = 2839.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 40.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1231.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.90 mb = 828.35 m = 2717.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.90 mb = 1459.63 m = 4788.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.90 mb = 11564.31 m = 37940.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1226.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.90 mb = 14457.50 m = 47432.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.5 neg: -8.2 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 49.99 Bulk Shear: 24.64 m/s