MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.13,-94.64 Latitude: 38.13 Longitude: -94.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 974 267 21.2 20.0 93 1.2 20.4 212 7 296.5 299.3 294.4 340.6 15.27 2 950 484 19.3 18.8 97 0.5 18.9 217 11 296.8 299.4 294.0 338.7 14.51 3 900 949 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 220 14 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.5 13.03 4 850 1434 13.9 12.8 93 1.1 13.2 216 15 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.1 11.03 5 800 1944 11.2 7.7 79 3.4 9.1 215 13 303.0 304.6 291.1 327.8 8.30 6 750 2480 7.7 3.5 75 4.2 5.4 234 12 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.8 6.57 7 700 3044 2.7 0.8 87 1.9 1.7 257 17 305.5 306.6 289.7 323.1 5.80 8 650 3639 -1.5 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 268 26 307.2 308.2 289.7 323.0 5.13 9 600 4272 -5.9 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 260 30 309.3 310.1 289.3 321.9 4.00 10 550 4951 -8.3 -8.7 97 0.4 -8.4 234 38 314.3 315.0 290.5 325.9 3.61 11 500 5688 -11.2 -11.5 98 0.3 -11.3 222 49 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.8 3.17 12 450 6488 -16.7 -17.8 91 1.2 -17.0 219 56 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.4 2.09 13 400 7361 -22.9 -26.2 74 3.3 -23.7 214 68 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.13 14 350 8325 -30.4 -35.3 62 5.0 -31.0 209 64 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.8 0.54 15 300 9399 -39.6 -45.3 55 5.7 -40.0 205 63 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.22 16 250 10618 -49.4 -54.1 58 4.7 -49.6 208 63 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 17 200 12076 -50.4 -74.5 4 24.1 -50.8 243 62 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13910 -60.3 -81.2 5 20.9 -60.5 257 61 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16401 -63.9 -87.6 3 23.7 -64.1 264 45 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.15 m Freezing level: 668.16 mb = 3423.08 m = 11230.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.93 mb = 3337.00 m = 10948.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.86 mb = 413.32 m = 1356.01 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 833.77 m = 2735.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.77 C = 72.99 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.17 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 36.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1366.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.52 mb = 792.37 m = 2599.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.52 mb = 934.04 m = 3064.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.52 mb = 11119.43 m = 36480.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1345.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.52 mb = 13845.59 m = 45424.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -13.3 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 40.65 Bulk Shear: 33.61 m/s