MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.59,-94.29 Latitude: 37.59 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 972 287 22.1 19.9 88 2.1 20.6 203 11 297.6 300.4 294.8 341.9 15.26 2 950 486 20.1 18.7 92 1.4 19.1 206 16 297.6 300.2 294.1 339.3 14.41 3 900 951 16.7 16.4 98 0.3 16.5 213 19 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.1 13.17 4 850 1437 14.1 13.1 93 1.1 13.4 219 18 301.0 303.0 292.8 333.9 11.20 5 800 1948 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.4 221 15 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.1 10.27 6 750 2489 10.0 7.9 87 2.0 8.8 228 23 307.4 309.1 293.0 334.6 8.98 7 700 3059 5.5 2.7 82 2.9 3.9 237 29 308.6 309.9 291.5 329.0 6.64 8 650 3659 -0.3 -0.9 95 0.7 -0.6 243 32 308.7 309.7 290.5 325.7 5.50 9 600 4293 -5.6 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.9 241 35 309.7 310.4 289.4 322.1 3.97 10 550 4970 -9.7 -11.0 90 1.3 -10.2 235 41 312.6 313.2 289.5 322.3 3.00 11 500 5703 -12.4 -13.8 89 1.4 -12.9 230 51 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.6 2.63 12 450 6503 -16.1 -17.8 86 1.7 -16.6 224 65 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.1 2.09 13 400 7379 -22.1 -24.6 80 2.5 -22.7 219 74 326.2 326.5 291.9 330.8 1.30 14 350 8345 -29.9 -33.5 71 3.6 -30.4 222 70 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.9 0.65 15 300 9422 -39.2 -42.9 68 3.7 -39.5 219 62 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.29 16 250 10641 -50.0 -52.0 80 2.0 -50.1 218 72 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 17 200 12083 -54.1 -74.5 6 20.4 -54.4 243 77 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13917 -56.2 -83.1 2 26.9 -56.5 251 60 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16421 -66.5 -87.2 4 20.7 -66.7 255 44 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.63 m Freezing level: 652.33 mb = 3630.72 m = 11911.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.84 mb = 3574.02 m = 11725.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.28 C = 81.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.20 mb = 557.00 m = 1827.39 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 12.99 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 896.94 m = 2942.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.04 C = 73.47 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1327.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.83 mb = 866.95 m = 2844.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.83 mb = 1009.37 m = 3311.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.83 mb = 1908.04 m = 6259.91 ft B at Equ Level: 18.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.83 mb = 14176.70 m = 46510.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.1 neg: -13.8 tot: 85.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 30.10 Bulk Shear: 44.09 m/s