MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 11Z 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 973 289 20.2 17.0 82 3.1 18.1 196 9 295.6 297.9 292.2 331.9 12.64 2 950 500 21.3 16.4 74 4.8 18.0 210 27 298.8 301.0 293.1 335.1 12.47 3 900 969 20.9 13.2 62 7.7 15.9 225 37 303.0 305.0 293.0 334.7 10.66 4 850 1461 17.5 12.2 71 5.3 14.1 241 32 304.5 306.4 293.3 336.1 10.58 5 800 1977 13.6 10.5 81 3.1 11.7 256 25 305.7 307.5 293.3 335.8 10.02 6 750 2517 9.0 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 254 24 306.3 308.0 292.6 333.1 8.85 7 700 3085 5.6 2.4 80 3.2 3.8 246 30 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.7 6.51 8 650 3688 1.8 0.3 89 1.6 1.0 238 38 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.8 6.03 9 600 4329 -1.9 -8.5 61 6.5 -4.8 238 42 313.9 314.5 290.2 324.7 3.36 10 550 5015 -6.5 -16.7 44 10.2 -9.9 237 43 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.7 1.89 11 500 5753 -11.6 -24.1 35 12.5 -15.0 237 45 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.09 12 450 6551 -16.6 -32.8 23 16.3 -19.8 239 47 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.3 0.54 13 400 7426 -21.6 -44.7 11 23.1 -24.5 239 51 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.18 14 350 8394 -29.4 -47.3 16 17.9 -31.1 241 56 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.15 15 300 9473 -38.4 -51.5 24 13.2 -39.2 248 68 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.11 16 250 10701 -47.7 -51.1 68 3.3 -47.9 251 85 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12145 -52.6 -72.6 7 20.0 -52.9 252 88 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13972 -61.1 -83.4 4 22.3 -61.3 254 80 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.00 19 100 16433 -68.5 -87.1 5 18.6 -68.6 250 38 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.61 m Freezing level: 625.61 mb = 4000.71 m = 13125.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.24 mb = 3796.53 m = 12455.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.61 C = 85.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.55 mb = 688.87 m = 2260.06 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 7.37 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2127.13 m = 6978.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.64 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 38.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 407.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.86 mb = 1512.75 m = 4963.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.86 mb = 2741.10 m = 8992.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.86 mb = 10185.93 m = 33417.99 ft B at Equ Level: 406.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.86 mb = 12149.03 m = 39858.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.3 neg: -10.0 tot: 233.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 10.47 Bulk Shear: 38.88 m/s