MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-93.31 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 965 379 21.4 19.2 87 2.2 19.9 197 8 297.6 300.2 294.4 340.1 14.69 2 950 516 20.3 18.3 88 2.1 18.9 205 13 297.8 300.4 294.0 338.5 14.02 3 900 981 18.1 15.1 82 3.1 16.1 224 26 300.2 302.4 293.2 335.5 12.05 4 850 1471 16.8 10.1 65 6.7 12.6 239 30 303.7 305.4 292.0 331.1 9.17 5 800 1985 13.3 8.1 71 5.1 10.2 241 26 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.0 8.52 6 750 2525 9.4 7.1 86 2.3 8.0 224 24 306.8 308.3 292.4 332.4 8.46 7 700 3094 5.5 4.4 92 1.1 4.9 216 29 308.6 310.0 292.2 331.6 7.51 8 650 3696 1.3 0.2 93 1.1 0.7 223 38 310.4 311.5 291.4 329.0 5.99 9 600 4335 -3.3 -4.1 94 0.8 -3.7 229 43 312.3 313.2 290.9 327.0 4.69 10 550 5018 -7.6 -9.6 86 2.0 -8.4 229 45 315.1 315.7 290.5 325.9 3.36 11 500 5753 -12.5 -14.8 83 2.4 -13.3 225 47 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.8 2.42 12 450 6550 -17.4 -19.2 86 1.8 -17.9 225 46 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.86 13 400 7422 -23.2 -26.6 74 3.3 -24.0 226 48 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.6 1.09 14 350 8385 -30.0 -48.0 16 18.0 -31.7 228 64 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.14 15 300 9462 -38.6 -44.6 53 6.0 -39.1 233 73 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.24 16 250 10689 -48.3 -50.8 75 2.5 -48.4 238 85 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.14 17 200 12132 -53.0 -74.0 6 21.0 -53.3 243 94 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13968 -58.2 -82.6 3 24.4 -58.5 251 69 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.0 -87.6 4 20.5 -67.1 248 37 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.48 m Freezing level: 636.16 mb = 3873.12 m = 12706.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.88 mb = 3796.48 m = 12455.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.13 mb = 651.47 m = 2137.34 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 9.19 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1879.96 m = 6167.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.54 mb = 1236.90 m = 4058.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.54 mb = 2652.10 m = 8701.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.54 mb = 10992.41 m = 36063.91 ft B at Equ Level: 866.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.54 mb = 13224.06 m = 43385.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.3 neg: -13.4 tot: 129.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 17.54 Bulk Shear: 50.16 m/s