MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 17Z 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 47 SFC 972 294 22.6 20.3 86 2.4 21.0 210 11 298.2 301.0 295.1 343.4 15.56 2 950 494 20.3 18.7 90 1.6 19.2 212 16 297.8 300.4 294.2 339.7 14.43 3 900 959 16.9 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 219 22 298.9 301.4 293.9 338.0 13.43 4 850 1446 15.3 12.3 82 3.0 13.4 232 23 302.2 304.1 292.7 333.6 10.62 5 800 1959 13.0 11.1 89 1.8 11.8 235 19 305.0 306.9 293.4 336.3 10.47 6 750 2500 10.2 8.7 90 1.6 9.3 233 25 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.3 9.45 7 700 3071 6.4 3.2 80 3.2 4.6 237 30 309.5 310.8 291.9 330.7 6.88 8 650 3673 1.0 -2.3 79 3.3 -0.6 241 33 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.6 4.97 9 600 4311 -4.1 -8.8 70 4.7 -6.1 240 37 311.3 311.9 289.3 321.7 3.27 10 550 4991 -8.7 -14.2 65 5.4 -10.7 234 43 313.7 314.2 289.1 321.3 2.32 11 500 5723 -12.9 -17.0 71 4.2 -14.2 228 48 317.3 317.7 290.0 324.0 2.01 12 450 6519 -17.4 -21.1 73 3.7 -18.4 222 56 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.7 1.58 13 400 7392 -23.0 -27.6 66 4.6 -24.0 221 69 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.6 0.99 14 350 8355 -30.3 -35.1 63 4.8 -31.0 223 63 327.9 328.0 291.7 329.9 0.55 15 300 9430 -39.3 -44.9 55 5.6 -39.8 223 73 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.23 16 250 10652 -48.5 -54.9 47 6.4 -48.7 227 99 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12104 -53.1 -73.6 7 20.5 -53.4 244 84 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13937 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.3 -57.8 248 62 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16436 -65.3 -87.2 3 21.9 -65.4 255 42 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.25 m Freezing level: 640.44 mb = 3795.22 m = 12451.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.99 mb = 3598.81 m = 11806.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.16 mb = 592.39 m = 1943.52 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.79 mb = 913.14 m = 2995.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.83 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1363.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.41 mb = 897.71 m = 2945.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.41 mb = 1040.48 m = 3413.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.41 mb = 1136.62 m = 3729.04 ft B at Equ Level: 9.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 801.41 mb = 1943.81 m = 6377.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.6 neg: -10.3 tot: 93.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 32.33 Bulk Shear: 42.17 m/s