MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.85,-95.83 Latitude: 37.85 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 970 321 20.5 17.1 81 3.4 18.2 268 6 296.2 298.5 292.5 333.0 12.76 2 950 496 21.4 11.0 52 10.3 15.0 306 20 298.9 300.5 290.1 324.4 8.72 3 900 961 18.0 5.7 44 12.3 11.0 319 28 300.1 301.2 288.4 319.0 6.37 4 850 1446 13.6 3.3 50 10.3 8.0 323 29 300.4 301.4 287.9 317.4 5.70 5 800 1952 9.1 0.3 54 8.8 4.6 326 26 300.9 301.8 287.3 315.6 4.89 6 750 2483 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.7 324 20 301.8 302.5 286.5 313.2 3.73 7 700 3039 -0.8 -5.9 68 5.1 -3.0 323 20 301.6 302.3 286.2 312.4 3.51 8 650 3626 -5.0 -8.0 80 2.9 -6.2 312 22 303.3 303.9 286.5 313.2 3.22 9 600 4253 -7.7 -10.5 81 2.8 -8.8 292 29 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.2 2.86 10 550 4924 -11.8 -14.9 78 3.1 -12.8 280 32 310.1 310.5 287.8 317.1 2.19 11 500 5648 -16.2 -18.5 82 2.4 -16.9 261 27 313.3 313.7 288.5 319.2 1.77 12 450 6434 -20.8 -22.4 87 1.6 -21.2 229 31 317.1 317.4 289.3 321.9 1.41 13 400 7294 -26.3 -28.3 83 2.1 -26.6 199 48 320.9 321.0 290.0 324.1 0.92 14 350 8245 -33.2 -37.4 66 4.2 -33.7 189 49 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.44 15 300 9320 -36.5 -61.2 6 24.7 -37.7 220 49 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 16 250 10568 -41.7 -68.3 4 26.5 -42.6 235 53 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 17 200 12061 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.7 249 58 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.00 18 150 13907 -59.1 -81.7 4 22.6 -59.3 259 63 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16408 -64.9 -87.7 3 22.8 -65.1 260 41 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.76 m Freezing level: 706.87 mb = 2962.89 m = 9720.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.86 mb = 2581.89 m = 8470.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.59 mb = 747.69 m = 2453.02 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.67 mb = 2334.38 m = 7658.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 220.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.14 mb = 2074.98 m = 6807.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.14 mb = 2666.34 m = 8747.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.14 mb = 6381.72 m = 20937.15 ft B at Equ Level: 218.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 323.14 mb = 8802.18 m = 28878.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 62.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 28.59 Bulk Shear: 7.70 m/s