MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.12,-94.34 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -94.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 971 317 21.7 19.6 87 2.2 20.2 216 10 297.4 300.0 294.4 340.5 14.90 2 950 510 19.8 18.3 91 1.4 18.8 216 17 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.1 14.11 3 900 975 17.3 16.2 93 1.1 16.6 225 29 299.3 301.7 293.6 337.2 12.99 4 850 1463 16.4 11.2 71 5.3 13.1 240 29 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.7 9.85 5 800 1978 13.5 11.1 85 2.4 11.9 239 24 305.5 307.4 293.5 336.7 10.40 6 750 2520 10.4 8.9 90 1.5 9.5 233 28 307.9 309.7 293.6 337.0 9.59 7 700 3091 6.4 3.1 79 3.3 4.6 233 34 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.7 6.87 8 650 3693 1.2 -2.7 75 3.9 -0.7 237 38 310.3 311.2 290.4 325.4 4.84 9 600 4332 -3.5 -10.5 59 6.9 -6.3 237 42 312.0 312.6 289.1 321.2 2.87 10 550 5013 -8.4 -13.0 69 4.7 -10.1 234 46 314.2 314.7 289.5 322.5 2.55 11 500 5747 -12.7 -14.9 83 2.2 -13.5 229 46 317.6 318.0 290.4 325.5 2.40 12 450 6543 -17.7 -20.5 79 2.7 -18.5 224 46 320.9 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.67 13 400 7413 -23.7 -29.6 58 5.9 -24.9 220 52 324.2 324.3 290.9 327.1 0.82 14 350 8375 -30.0 -42.1 30 12.0 -31.4 224 66 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.27 15 300 9453 -38.4 -45.6 47 7.2 -38.9 227 76 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 16 250 10680 -48.2 -50.4 78 2.2 -48.3 230 87 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.15 17 200 12125 -53.0 -74.0 6 21.0 -53.3 238 94 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13962 -57.9 -83.0 3 25.0 -58.2 250 68 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16443 -67.1 -87.3 4 20.2 -67.2 248 40 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.39 m Freezing level: 637.26 mb = 3856.00 m = 12650.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.48 mb = 3612.67 m = 11852.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.01 mb = 591.79 m = 1941.53 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 15.75 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1652.61 m = 5421.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.49 C = 83.29 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 36.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1093.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.57 mb = 988.30 m = 3242.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.57 mb = 2931.82 m = 9618.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.57 mb = 11120.25 m = 36483.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1078.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.57 mb = 13811.69 m = 45313.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.7 neg: -13.0 tot: 132.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 25.48 Bulk Shear: 42.90 m/s