MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.21,-93.28 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 961 394 20.3 19.4 95 0.8 19.7 217 10 296.7 299.4 294.3 339.9 14.94 2 950 497 19.6 19.1 97 0.5 19.2 220 18 297.0 299.7 294.3 339.7 14.77 3 900 962 17.1 17.0 99 0.1 17.0 223 27 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.9 13.65 4 850 1450 14.8 14.6 99 0.1 14.7 225 31 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.2 12.43 5 800 1961 11.8 11.4 98 0.4 11.5 227 33 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.4 10.64 6 750 2499 8.1 7.3 94 0.9 7.6 224 32 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.2 8.56 7 700 3065 3.6 3.1 97 0.4 3.3 214 32 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.3 6.87 8 650 3662 -0.1 -0.5 97 0.4 -0.3 204 36 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.4 5.69 9 600 4299 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 203 39 311.9 312.8 290.8 326.9 4.76 10 550 4984 -6.5 -7.1 96 0.5 -6.8 212 45 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.5 4.09 11 500 5725 -10.1 -10.9 94 0.8 -10.4 222 51 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.7 3.33 12 450 6530 -14.6 -16.1 89 1.4 -15.1 226 54 324.9 325.3 292.6 333.1 2.43 13 400 7412 -20.5 -22.5 84 2.1 -21.0 225 56 328.4 328.7 292.7 333.9 1.57 14 350 8385 -27.9 -30.9 76 3.0 -28.5 224 59 331.1 331.3 292.8 334.1 0.83 15 300 9471 -37.2 -40.2 73 3.0 -37.5 222 57 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.39 16 250 10699 -48.5 -51.3 72 2.8 -48.6 222 65 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.14 17 200 12126 -57.8 -61.9 60 4.1 -57.9 241 82 341.2 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.05 18 150 13943 -58.3 -83.4 3 25.1 -58.5 261 64 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16436 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.4 -67.0 253 41 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.86 m Freezing level: 651.82 mb = 3640.35 m = 11943.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.57 mb = 3605.62 m = 11829.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.05 mb = 496.92 m = 1630.30 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 13.50 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 917.61 m = 3010.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.85 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1060.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.18 mb = 893.94 m = 2932.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.18 mb = 1036.67 m = 3401.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.18 mb = 11748.17 m = 38543.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1055.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.18 mb = 14272.08 m = 46823.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.6 neg: -17.6 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 27.06 Bulk Shear: 39.19 m/s