MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-93.65 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 960 396 20.5 18.3 87 2.2 19.0 213 12 297.1 299.6 293.7 337.4 13.93 2 950 488 19.8 17.7 88 2.1 18.4 217 17 297.3 299.7 293.4 336.5 13.56 3 900 953 16.4 14.7 90 1.7 15.3 222 25 298.4 300.6 292.4 332.8 11.79 4 850 1438 14.3 9.7 74 4.6 11.5 227 26 301.1 302.8 291.0 327.6 8.94 5 800 1948 11.4 6.8 73 4.6 8.7 217 29 303.3 304.7 290.7 326.5 7.75 6 750 2485 8.0 4.7 80 3.2 6.1 218 35 305.2 306.5 290.8 326.9 7.16 7 700 3051 4.4 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 228 41 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.7 6.65 8 650 3651 0.7 0.2 96 0.5 0.4 234 47 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.3 5.98 9 600 4290 -3.2 -3.4 99 0.2 -3.3 240 51 312.4 313.3 291.2 328.0 4.96 10 550 4974 -7.0 -7.6 95 0.6 -7.2 237 52 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.93 11 500 5713 -11.0 -13.9 79 2.9 -12.1 232 51 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.2 2.60 12 450 6513 -16.3 -22.1 61 5.7 -17.9 229 59 322.7 323.0 291.0 327.7 1.45 13 400 7389 -21.9 -26.4 67 4.5 -22.9 221 67 326.5 326.7 291.8 330.4 1.11 14 350 8357 -29.0 -32.2 74 3.2 -29.6 211 65 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.3 0.73 15 300 9437 -38.3 -44.2 54 5.9 -38.8 208 65 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.4 0.25 16 250 10662 -48.4 -53.7 54 5.3 -48.6 216 65 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 17 200 12118 -51.5 -73.9 5 22.4 -52.0 249 68 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13940 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 262 67 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16428 -65.3 -87.2 3 21.9 -65.4 251 36 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.31 m Freezing level: 640.93 mb = 3766.59 m = 12357.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.27 mb = 3721.41 m = 12209.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.95 mb = 671.50 m = 2203.05 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 10.88 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1502.00 m = 4927.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.09 mb = 1142.45 m = 3748.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.09 mb = 2318.86 m = 7607.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.09 mb = 9547.82 m = 31324.50 ft B at Equ Level: 280.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.09 mb = 11953.50 m = 39217.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 4.17 Bulk Shear: 67.17 m/s