MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F037.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F037.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: 37 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.78,-93.62 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -93.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 966 387 20.8 19.1 90 1.7 19.6 234 7 296.8 299.5 294.0 338.9 14.56 2 950 530 19.3 18.2 93 1.1 18.6 234 14 296.8 299.3 293.6 337.3 14.02 3 900 995 17.0 16.7 98 0.4 16.8 234 26 299.1 301.5 293.9 338.1 13.38 4 850 1483 16.1 12.4 79 3.6 13.7 230 27 303.0 305.0 293.0 334.8 10.72 5 800 1997 13.6 11.4 86 2.2 12.1 226 26 305.7 307.6 293.7 337.5 10.63 6 750 2538 10.0 6.5 79 3.5 7.9 233 29 307.5 309.0 292.3 332.2 8.14 7 700 3108 6.2 -2.1 55 8.3 2.1 245 37 309.4 310.3 290.0 324.0 4.70 8 650 3710 1.0 -6.2 58 7.2 -2.3 250 45 310.1 310.8 289.3 321.8 3.70 9 600 4347 -4.0 -8.3 72 4.3 -5.8 251 49 311.5 312.1 289.5 322.3 3.40 10 550 5029 -7.8 -10.2 83 2.3 -8.8 248 50 314.8 315.4 290.3 325.1 3.21 11 500 5764 -12.4 -13.6 91 1.2 -12.8 247 51 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.8 2.68 12 450 6561 -17.8 -22.9 64 5.1 -19.1 250 54 320.8 321.1 290.4 325.4 1.35 13 400 7431 -23.6 -28.4 65 4.7 -24.6 249 57 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.92 14 350 8392 -30.8 -37.7 51 6.9 -31.7 246 63 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.8 0.43 15 300 9466 -39.0 -45.3 51 6.4 -39.5 247 80 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.22 16 250 10690 -48.7 -50.8 79 2.1 -48.8 251 96 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.14 17 200 12130 -53.5 -72.7 8 19.2 -53.8 252 97 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13956 -60.5 -82.5 4 22.0 -60.7 256 77 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16429 -67.5 -87.5 4 20.0 -67.6 259 41 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.76 m Freezing level: 639.73 mb = 3840.65 m = 12600.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.12 mb = 3390.04 m = 11122.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.85 mb = 595.29 m = 1953.01 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.75 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1588.63 m = 5211.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1175.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.80 mb = 987.06 m = 3238.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.80 mb = 2809.33 m = 9216.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.80 mb = 11067.47 m = 36310.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1171.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.80 mb = 14129.10 m = 46354.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.3 neg: -11.1 tot: 180.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 17.37 Bulk Shear: 67.64 m/s