MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-94.20 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -94.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 970 316 20.6 19.8 95 0.8 20.1 216 11 296.3 299.0 294.3 339.9 15.15 2 950 494 19.1 18.9 99 0.2 18.9 219 20 296.5 299.2 294.0 338.7 14.61 3 900 958 16.9 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 222 27 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.0 13.44 4 850 1445 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 225 31 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.05 5 800 1956 11.6 11.0 96 0.5 11.2 226 30 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.4 10.38 6 750 2494 8.2 7.4 95 0.8 7.7 226 27 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.5 8.66 7 700 3060 3.6 3.3 98 0.3 3.4 226 27 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.6 6.95 8 650 3658 0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.2 224 29 309.0 310.0 290.7 326.7 5.73 9 600 4295 -3.9 -4.3 96 0.5 -4.1 219 34 311.7 312.5 290.6 326.2 4.62 10 550 4977 -7.4 -8.4 93 1.0 -7.8 217 42 315.3 316.0 290.9 327.2 3.70 11 500 5716 -10.7 -11.9 91 1.2 -11.2 216 52 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.2 3.08 12 450 6520 -14.9 -16.4 88 1.5 -15.4 216 59 324.5 324.9 292.4 332.5 2.36 13 400 7400 -21.0 -23.2 83 2.2 -21.5 218 62 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.9 1.48 14 350 8370 -28.9 -32.1 74 3.2 -29.4 219 59 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.5 0.74 15 300 9452 -37.7 -40.7 73 3.1 -37.9 215 48 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10678 -49.0 -51.5 75 2.6 -49.1 217 56 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 17 200 12110 -56.0 -73.6 9 17.6 -56.2 243 72 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.01 18 150 13933 -58.3 -83.2 3 24.9 -58.5 268 64 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16431 -66.1 -87.2 4 21.0 -66.2 254 43 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.30 m Freezing level: 649.99 mb = 3657.70 m = 12000.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.95 mb = 3620.94 m = 11879.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.34 mb = 409.68 m = 1344.07 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.74 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 828.98 m = 2719.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.48 C = 72.47 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.58 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 38.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1065.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.42 mb = 803.17 m = 2635.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.42 mb = 1040.01 m = 3412.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.42 mb = 11456.87 m = 37587.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1054.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.42 mb = 13873.33 m = 45515.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.6 neg: -9.7 tot: 61.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 40.27 Bulk Shear: 26.46 m/s