MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.75,-91.92 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -91.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 973 328 21.1 16.0 73 5.1 17.8 226 8 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.8 11.85 2 950 539 20.5 15.9 75 4.6 17.5 241 21 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.1 12.08 3 900 1006 18.8 15.3 80 3.5 16.4 248 30 300.8 303.1 293.5 336.8 12.23 4 850 1495 15.3 12.2 82 3.1 13.3 254 28 302.1 304.1 292.6 333.3 10.54 5 800 2006 11.4 9.6 89 1.8 10.3 260 22 303.3 305.0 292.1 331.4 9.44 6 750 2543 8.7 5.2 79 3.4 6.7 225 18 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.5 7.43 7 700 3111 5.3 3.0 85 2.3 4.0 223 25 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.2 6.80 8 650 3713 1.3 -0.9 85 2.2 0.2 241 34 310.4 311.5 291.0 327.6 5.52 9 600 4353 -2.4 -10.9 52 8.4 -5.8 244 41 313.3 313.8 289.5 322.3 2.78 10 550 5038 -6.8 -18.3 39 11.6 -10.5 242 44 316.1 316.4 289.2 321.5 1.64 11 500 5774 -11.6 -27.3 26 15.6 -15.4 241 45 318.8 319.0 289.3 321.7 0.82 12 450 6573 -16.6 -39.2 12 22.6 -20.3 246 45 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.4 0.28 13 400 7447 -22.3 -43.1 13 20.8 -25.0 249 51 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.21 14 350 8412 -29.8 -45.3 21 15.5 -31.4 248 58 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.19 15 300 9490 -38.7 -49.0 33 10.3 -39.4 253 67 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.15 16 250 10713 -48.5 -50.8 77 2.3 -48.6 259 81 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.14 17 200 12152 -54.6 -69.5 14 14.9 -54.8 257 89 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13974 -60.4 -83.9 3 23.5 -60.6 260 70 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16434 -68.7 -87.2 5 18.4 -68.8 252 39 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.55 m Freezing level: 632.61 mb = 3935.35 m = 12911.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.38 mb = 3732.72 m = 12246.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.29 mb = 974.34 m = 3196.62 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.30 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1690.67 m = 5546.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.97 mb = 1306.01 m = 4284.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.97 mb = 2389.61 m = 7839.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.97 mb = 10607.86 m = 34802.27 ft B at Equ Level: 493.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.97 mb = 12681.33 m = 41604.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.4 neg: -16.9 tot: 118.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 22.93 Bulk Shear: 21.52 m/s