MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F046.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F046.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: 46 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-93.98 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 964 402 19.9 19.2 96 0.6 19.5 242 8 296.1 298.8 294.0 338.5 14.72 2 950 525 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 18.9 237 14 296.6 299.3 294.0 338.7 14.58 3 900 990 17.5 16.7 95 0.8 17.0 239 25 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.7 13.41 4 850 1478 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.4 247 28 302.3 304.2 292.7 333.7 10.61 5 800 1990 12.2 6.6 69 5.6 8.9 261 32 304.2 305.6 290.9 327.2 7.67 6 750 2527 8.1 2.3 67 5.8 4.9 267 34 305.3 306.4 289.9 323.6 6.02 7 700 3092 3.3 1.0 85 2.4 2.1 258 33 306.2 307.3 290.0 324.1 5.88 8 650 3689 -0.1 -0.3 99 0.2 -0.2 240 33 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.6 5.76 9 600 4327 -3.1 -3.4 97 0.4 -3.2 235 40 312.6 313.5 291.2 328.2 4.96 10 550 5011 -7.3 -9.5 84 2.2 -8.2 245 51 315.5 316.1 290.7 326.4 3.38 11 500 5750 -10.6 -19.2 49 8.6 -13.3 250 59 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.7 1.67 12 450 6551 -16.3 -25.1 47 8.8 -18.5 243 59 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.7 1.11 13 400 7426 -22.4 -29.2 54 6.8 -23.8 235 61 325.9 326.0 291.4 328.9 0.85 14 350 8390 -30.5 -38.0 48 7.5 -31.5 231 72 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.1 0.41 15 300 9465 -39.5 -48.4 38 8.9 -40.1 234 72 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 16 250 10685 -48.3 -58.0 31 9.7 -48.6 237 85 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 17 200 12134 -54.0 -76.3 5 22.2 -54.4 248 67 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13956 -59.7 -82.5 4 22.8 -59.9 259 67 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16435 -68.2 -87.0 5 18.7 -68.3 265 43 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.26 m Freezing level: 651.80 mb = 3667.96 m = 12033.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.64 mb = 3632.20 m = 11916.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.88 mb = 480.51 m = 1576.46 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.09 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1276.00 m = 4186.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.65 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.71 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1199.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.56 mb = 984.35 m = 3229.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.56 mb = 1931.27 m = 6336.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.56 mb = 11071.49 m = 36323.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1197.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.56 mb = 14140.29 m = 46391.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.9 neg: -18.0 tot: 111.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 18.26 Bulk Shear: 65.69 m/s