MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F001.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F001.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 10Z SAT 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 54 SFC 973 288 20.5 16.8 79 3.7 18.1 192 8 295.9 298.2 292.2 331.8 12.47 2 950 500 22.3 15.7 66 6.6 17.9 208 26 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.6 11.90 3 900 971 21.2 13.0 59 8.2 15.9 227 37 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.7 10.53 4 850 1463 17.7 11.9 69 5.8 13.9 246 33 304.6 306.6 293.2 335.6 10.34 5 800 1978 13.5 10.1 80 3.3 11.4 262 27 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.9 9.78 6 750 2518 8.9 7.5 91 1.4 8.0 253 24 306.2 307.8 292.4 332.5 8.71 7 700 3087 6.0 3.3 83 2.7 4.5 242 32 309.1 310.4 291.8 330.4 6.94 8 650 3690 2.1 0.8 91 1.3 1.4 238 39 311.4 312.5 291.9 330.8 6.25 9 600 4332 -2.0 -8.3 62 6.3 -4.7 240 42 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.7 3.41 10 550 5018 -6.4 -15.0 51 8.6 -9.5 241 43 316.4 316.9 289.9 323.6 2.17 11 500 5756 -11.5 -25.8 29 14.4 -15.2 240 45 319.1 319.2 289.5 322.3 0.93 12 450 6554 -16.2 -36.1 16 19.9 -19.8 243 47 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.39 13 400 7432 -21.2 -48.1 7 27.0 -24.4 241 52 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.12 14 350 8400 -29.3 -50.2 11 20.9 -31.2 241 55 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 15 300 9479 -38.4 -51.4 24 13.0 -39.2 251 65 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 16 250 10707 -47.7 -52.4 58 4.7 -47.9 254 82 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.12 17 200 12151 -53.0 -71.1 9 18.1 -53.4 253 87 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13978 -60.8 -83.4 4 22.5 -61.0 254 77 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16440 -68.2 -87.2 5 19.0 -68.2 248 35 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.03 m Freezing level: 624.47 mb = 4018.00 m = 13182.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.41 mb = 3834.63 m = 12580.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.05 mb = 760.07 m = 2493.63 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 5.15 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.13 mb = 2167.44 m = 7110.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.69 mb = 1637.92 m = 5373.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.69 mb = 3231.36 m = 10601.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.69 mb = 10246.46 m = 33616.60 ft B at Equ Level: 333.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.69 mb = 12224.74 m = 40106.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 275.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 7.17 Bulk Shear: 46.88 m/s