MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2511061500F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2511061500F012.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 3Z FRI 7 NOV 25 Station: 39.3,-93.0 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -93.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 983 212 14.7 10.5 76 4.3 12.2 169 10 289.3 290.7 286.1 312.1 8.11 2 950 503 16.1 12.1 77 4.0 13.6 191 33 293.5 295.2 288.8 320.3 9.37 3 900 962 13.6 11.2 85 2.4 12.1 213 37 295.5 297.2 289.5 322.4 9.31 4 850 1442 10.6 9.0 90 1.6 9.6 231 37 297.2 298.7 289.3 322.0 8.51 5 800 1944 7.2 7.0 99 0.2 7.1 246 37 298.8 300.2 289.3 321.9 7.87 6 750 2474 5.5 0.4 70 5.0 2.9 257 35 302.5 303.5 288.2 318.4 5.27 7 700 3036 3.8 -10.0 36 13.8 -1.9 257 36 306.7 307.2 287.0 314.8 2.56 8 650 3634 0.3 -15.7 29 16.0 -5.4 252 39 309.3 309.7 287.1 315.0 1.73 9 600 4269 -4.4 -18.1 33 13.7 -8.8 249 42 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.1 1.53 10 550 4948 -9.5 -21.9 36 12.4 -12.9 248 46 312.8 313.1 287.7 316.9 1.21 11 500 5677 -15.0 -24.5 44 9.5 -17.3 247 50 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.3 1.05 12 450 6463 -20.7 -24.2 74 3.4 -21.5 248 58 317.2 317.4 289.1 321.3 1.20 13 400 7323 -26.8 -27.7 92 0.9 -27.0 249 67 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.5 0.98 14 350 8269 -34.5 -42.3 45 7.8 -35.2 260 71 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.26 15 300 9328 -42.9 -45.8 73 2.9 -43.1 267 84 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.21 16 250 10530 -52.5 -55.0 74 2.5 -52.5 272 104 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.09 17 200 11946 -58.1 -71.2 17 13.1 -58.2 267 80 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.9 0.01 18 150 13755 -58.8 -81.9 4 23.1 -59.0 270 68 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16273 -63.6 -87.8 2 24.2 -63.8 290 51 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.92 m Freezing level: 646.49 mb = 3678.15 m = 12067.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.54 mb = 2811.44 m = 9223.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.97 % Est. max temperature: 23.13 C = 73.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.22 mb = 755.14 m = 2477.45 ft T: 14.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 7.59 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1550.93 m = 5088.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.95 C = 73.30 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 20.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6788.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.55 mb = 1088.30 m = 3570.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 450.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 450.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 132.24 m/s