MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F000.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: RUC analysis for 0900Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.16,-94.51 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -94.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 973 287 21.4 16.0 71 5.5 17.8 193 8 296.9 299.0 292.0 331.0 11.80 2 950 498 22.5 15.6 65 6.9 17.9 207 26 300.0 302.2 292.9 334.6 11.79 3 900 969 21.3 13.5 61 7.8 16.2 228 37 303.4 305.4 293.3 335.8 10.87 4 850 1461 17.8 11.5 67 6.3 13.7 245 34 304.8 306.6 293.0 334.9 10.06 5 800 1977 13.7 9.9 78 3.8 11.3 261 28 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.6 9.62 6 750 2517 9.0 7.4 90 1.6 8.0 255 24 306.3 307.9 292.4 332.4 8.65 7 700 3086 6.4 3.4 81 3.0 4.7 241 33 309.6 310.9 292.0 331.0 6.97 8 650 3690 2.6 0.6 86 2.1 1.5 240 41 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.1 6.14 9 600 4333 -1.7 -10.6 51 8.8 -5.4 246 42 314.1 314.6 289.8 323.3 2.85 10 550 5019 -6.1 -17.6 40 11.5 -9.9 246 42 316.8 317.2 289.6 322.7 1.75 11 500 5758 -11.1 -25.2 30 14.1 -14.8 244 44 319.5 319.7 289.6 322.9 0.98 12 450 6558 -16.0 -35.7 17 19.7 -19.6 245 47 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.6 0.40 13 400 7436 -20.9 -44.2 10 23.3 -24.0 240 51 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.19 14 350 8405 -29.2 -48.7 13 19.5 -31.0 239 53 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.13 15 300 9485 -38.3 -52.6 21 14.3 -39.2 249 60 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 16 250 10712 -47.7 -52.9 55 5.3 -47.9 256 80 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12154 -53.6 -69.3 13 15.7 -53.9 252 84 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13978 -61.2 -83.3 4 22.1 -61.4 253 76 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16439 -68.0 -87.3 5 19.3 -68.1 249 34 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.28 m Freezing level: 620.01 mb = 4075.68 m = 13371.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.17 mb = 3825.26 m = 12549.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.86 mb = 989.21 m = 3245.42 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.27 mb = 2185.81 m = 7171.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 312.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.49 mb = 1658.74 m = 5442.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.49 mb = 3498.29 m = 11477.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.49 mb = 10307.04 m = 33815.33 ft B at Equ Level: 310.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.49 mb = 12298.16 m = 40347.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.0 neg: -9.2 tot: 290.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.77 Bulk Shear: 54.12 m/s