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: 37.37,-94.26 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -94.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 972 299 19.7 17.3 86 2.4 18.1 202 8 295.2 297.5 292.3 332.1 12.86 2 950 502 20.6 16.9 79 3.7 18.1 215 27 298.1 300.4 293.2 335.3 12.82 3 900 970 20.5 13.5 64 6.9 15.9 229 37 302.6 304.6 293.0 334.9 10.90 4 850 1461 17.3 12.4 73 4.9 14.1 241 33 304.2 306.2 293.3 336.1 10.69 5 800 1976 13.5 10.7 83 2.9 11.7 251 27 305.6 307.5 293.3 336.0 10.13 6 750 2517 9.0 7.7 92 1.3 8.2 251 26 306.4 308.0 292.5 333.0 8.83 7 700 3085 5.4 1.8 78 3.5 3.5 247 31 308.4 309.6 291.0 327.7 6.26 8 650 3687 1.9 -1.0 81 2.8 0.4 241 38 311.1 312.1 291.2 328.2 5.49 9 600 4328 -2.4 -7.1 70 4.7 -4.6 240 43 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.2 3.73 10 550 5013 -6.8 -16.3 47 9.4 -10.1 237 45 316.0 316.3 289.5 322.4 1.95 11 500 5749 -12.0 -20.6 49 8.6 -14.6 234 46 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.4 1.48 12 450 6546 -17.2 -30.1 32 12.9 -19.9 233 48 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.70 13 400 7419 -22.4 -41.4 16 19.0 -25.1 235 52 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.8 0.25 14 350 8385 -29.7 -46.6 18 16.9 -31.3 236 57 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.17 15 300 9463 -38.4 -51.4 24 13.0 -39.2 243 69 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 16 250 10690 -47.9 -50.1 78 2.2 -48.0 248 87 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.16 17 200 12133 -52.7 -72.5 7 19.8 -53.1 251 95 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13958 -61.3 -83.1 4 21.8 -61.4 251 83 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16426 -67.6 -87.2 5 19.6 -67.7 252 38 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.36 m Freezing level: 628.37 mb = 3964.09 m = 13005.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.95 mb = 3736.92 m = 12260.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.25 mb = 609.34 m = 1999.14 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.92 mb = 2071.85 m = 6797.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.26 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 38.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 540.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.46 mb = 1416.12 m = 4646.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.46 mb = 2745.29 m = 9006.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.46 mb = 10439.77 m = 34250.80 ft B at Equ Level: 539.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.46 mb = 12476.48 m = 40932.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.3 neg: -14.0 tot: 214.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 16.28 Bulk Shear: 33.21 m/s