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: 37.19,-94.79 Latitude: 37.19 Longitude: -94.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 976 273 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 206 11 297.6 300.4 294.8 342.1 15.34 2 950 507 19.9 18.5 92 1.3 18.9 211 17 297.3 299.9 294.0 338.7 14.28 3 900 972 17.6 15.5 88 2.0 16.3 226 26 299.6 301.9 293.3 336.0 12.43 4 850 1460 16.1 11.1 72 5.0 12.9 243 24 303.0 304.8 292.3 332.1 9.79 5 800 1974 13.3 11.4 88 1.9 12.1 239 21 305.4 307.3 293.7 337.4 10.68 6 750 2516 10.4 8.0 85 2.4 8.9 235 28 307.9 309.6 293.1 335.2 9.01 7 700 3087 6.4 2.4 75 4.0 4.2 236 34 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.7 6.50 8 650 3690 1.3 -1.9 79 3.2 -0.3 237 38 310.4 311.4 290.7 326.4 5.13 9 600 4328 -3.5 -9.9 61 6.4 -6.1 238 41 312.0 312.6 289.2 321.6 3.00 10 550 5009 -8.3 -16.9 50 8.6 -11.1 232 46 314.2 314.6 288.8 320.4 1.85 11 500 5742 -13.4 -21.6 50 8.2 -15.7 228 49 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.3 1.36 12 450 6534 -18.7 -27.3 46 8.7 -20.6 227 51 319.8 320.0 289.6 322.9 0.90 13 400 7402 -23.9 -36.6 30 12.7 -25.8 222 59 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.42 14 350 8364 -30.3 -45.0 23 14.7 -31.8 221 72 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.20 15 300 9441 -38.6 -44.1 56 5.5 -39.1 224 79 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.25 16 250 10666 -48.4 -49.9 84 1.5 -48.4 228 92 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 17 200 12115 -52.8 -75.5 5 22.8 -53.1 238 89 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.01 18 150 13953 -57.6 -82.8 3 25.1 -57.9 252 67 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16440 -66.4 -87.2 4 20.8 -66.5 247 40 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.59 m Freezing level: 636.73 mb = 3859.11 m = 12660.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.68 mb = 3643.74 m = 11954.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.89 mb = 562.53 m = 1845.54 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 17.01 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1568.19 m = 5144.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1176.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.26 mb = 978.93 m = 3211.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.26 mb = 2920.11 m = 9580.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.26 mb = 11088.60 m = 36379.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1164.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.26 mb = 13774.37 m = 45190.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.0 neg: -10.1 tot: 115.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 22.91 Bulk Shear: 51.37 m/s