MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.94,-93.41 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -93.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 968 372 19.4 16.8 85 2.6 17.7 248 9 295.3 297.6 292.0 331.2 12.50 2 950 532 19.1 16.5 85 2.7 17.4 241 23 296.6 298.9 292.4 332.7 12.51 3 900 998 18.0 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 245 34 300.0 302.4 293.8 338.0 12.95 4 850 1486 15.6 12.9 84 2.7 13.8 249 30 302.5 304.5 293.1 335.2 11.05 5 800 1999 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.9 250 25 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.4 10.58 6 750 2539 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 247 26 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.7 9.06 7 700 3107 5.2 1.7 78 3.5 3.3 248 32 308.3 309.4 290.9 327.3 6.19 8 650 3708 1.0 -7.0 55 7.9 -2.6 249 37 310.1 310.7 289.0 321.1 3.49 9 600 4346 -3.7 -8.0 72 4.4 -5.5 244 41 311.9 312.6 289.6 323.0 3.48 10 550 5029 -7.4 -10.0 82 2.5 -8.5 242 44 315.3 315.9 290.5 325.8 3.26 11 500 5764 -12.3 -13.8 89 1.5 -12.8 246 48 318.0 318.6 290.8 326.7 2.64 12 450 6561 -17.6 -20.5 78 3.0 -18.4 249 52 321.1 321.5 290.8 326.8 1.66 13 400 7432 -23.3 -28.8 60 5.6 -24.4 249 58 324.7 324.9 291.1 327.9 0.88 14 350 8395 -30.2 -37.1 51 6.9 -31.1 245 62 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.45 15 300 9472 -38.8 -44.1 57 5.3 -39.2 250 78 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.25 16 250 10696 -48.8 -52.5 66 3.6 -49.0 256 92 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 17 200 12137 -53.8 -72.2 9 18.4 -54.1 253 93 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13960 -60.6 -83.2 4 22.5 -60.8 260 77 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16431 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 249 37 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.00 m Freezing level: 639.44 mb = 3842.48 m = 12606.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.83 mb = 3440.07 m = 11286.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.81 mb = 707.99 m = 2322.79 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 15.31 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1694.84 m = 5560.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.18 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 793.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.37 mb = 1128.06 m = 3700.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.37 mb = 2634.52 m = 8643.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.37 mb = 10923.13 m = 35836.61 ft B at Equ Level: 786.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.37 mb = 13115.84 m = 43030.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.8 neg: -21.0 tot: 108.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 35.37 Bulk Shear: 22.42 m/s