MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 12Z 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 58 SFC 973 295 19.9 17.4 86 2.4 18.2 202 10 295.3 297.7 292.4 332.6 12.99 2 950 503 20.0 17.2 84 2.9 18.1 213 27 297.5 299.9 293.2 335.4 13.07 3 900 970 20.0 13.8 67 6.3 15.9 226 36 302.1 304.2 293.0 334.8 11.05 4 850 1462 17.4 12.2 71 5.2 14.0 238 34 304.3 306.3 293.3 335.8 10.53 5 800 1977 13.9 10.5 80 3.3 11.7 247 28 305.9 307.8 293.3 336.1 10.03 6 750 2518 9.2 8.1 93 1.1 8.6 249 25 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.1 9.10 7 700 3087 5.2 3.2 87 2.0 4.1 246 30 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.4 6.89 8 650 3689 2.3 -1.7 75 4.0 0.3 240 38 311.6 312.5 291.1 327.9 5.21 9 600 4330 -2.4 -5.7 78 3.3 -3.9 239 42 313.4 314.1 290.7 326.6 4.16 10 550 5015 -6.8 -14.5 54 7.6 -9.6 236 44 316.0 316.4 289.8 323.4 2.26 11 500 5752 -12.0 -16.2 71 4.2 -13.4 233 45 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.6 2.15 12 450 6550 -17.2 -25.5 48 8.3 -19.2 232 46 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.4 1.07 13 400 7423 -22.5 -40.5 18 18.0 -25.0 234 50 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.28 14 350 8388 -29.7 -46.9 17 17.2 -31.3 235 57 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.16 15 300 9467 -38.2 -51.5 24 13.3 -39.1 242 69 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 16 250 10694 -47.8 -50.3 75 2.5 -48.0 247 86 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.15 17 200 12139 -52.4 -72.6 7 20.1 -52.8 250 95 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13964 -61.4 -83.2 4 21.8 -61.6 252 82 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16429 -68.0 -87.3 5 19.3 -68.1 253 39 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.76 m Freezing level: 625.56 mb = 4002.44 m = 13131.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.95 mb = 3726.69 m = 12226.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.88 mb = 605.13 m = 1985.32 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 12.65 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2084.44 m = 6838.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 39.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 529.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.57 mb = 1335.74 m = 4382.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.57 mb = 2768.41 m = 9082.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.57 mb = 10493.33 m = 34426.53 ft B at Equ Level: 526.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.57 mb = 12546.03 m = 41161.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.2 neg: -15.2 tot: 199.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 15.94 Bulk Shear: 33.19 m/s