MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F001.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F001.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: 1 hour RUC valid 7Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.31,-94.74 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -94.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 277 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 250 4 295.4 297.9 292.9 334.3 13.53 2 950 488 21.0 15.6 71 5.4 17.4 236 22 298.5 300.6 292.5 332.8 11.80 3 900 955 19.3 13.0 67 6.3 15.3 235 32 301.4 303.4 292.4 332.5 10.53 4 850 1445 16.1 12.3 78 3.9 13.6 237 36 303.0 305.0 292.9 334.5 10.61 5 800 1957 12.1 11.1 94 1.0 11.4 239 40 304.0 305.9 293.1 335.1 10.43 6 750 2496 8.3 7.0 91 1.3 7.5 245 38 305.6 307.2 292.0 330.9 8.41 7 700 3062 4.4 -0.9 69 5.3 1.7 249 40 307.4 308.3 289.7 323.2 5.13 8 650 3662 1.3 -12.2 36 13.5 -4.0 247 42 310.4 310.8 288.0 317.8 2.30 9 600 4300 -3.3 -12.0 51 8.7 -6.7 242 45 312.3 312.8 288.9 320.5 2.53 10 550 4983 -7.1 -19.8 35 12.7 -11.1 240 49 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.5 1.44 11 500 5719 -11.8 -25.7 30 13.9 -15.3 237 50 318.7 318.8 289.3 321.9 0.94 12 450 6516 -17.4 -35.0 20 17.5 -20.6 236 53 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.9 0.43 13 400 7387 -23.3 -36.6 28 13.3 -25.4 237 60 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.41 14 350 8350 -30.7 -39.5 42 8.8 -31.7 238 66 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.35 15 300 9423 -39.7 -45.0 57 5.3 -40.1 239 72 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.23 16 250 10639 -50.7 -54.1 68 3.3 -50.8 243 77 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12077 -52.1 -70.5 9 18.4 -52.5 246 76 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13920 -58.1 -82.2 3 24.1 -58.3 246 63 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16416 -66.4 -87.3 4 20.9 -66.5 247 34 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.31 m Freezing level: 636.24 mb = 3837.15 m = 12588.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.03 mb = 3236.91 m = 10619.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.43 mb = 520.53 m = 1707.75 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 1912.16 m = 6273.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 518.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.02 mb = 1414.47 m = 4640.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.02 mb = 2628.23 m = 8622.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.02 mb = 10955.46 m = 35942.67 ft B at Equ Level: 499.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.02 mb = 12473.15 m = 40921.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 8.93 Bulk Shear: 58.05 m/s