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: 37.05,-92.99 Latitude: 37.05 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 962 428 20.2 18.9 92 1.3 19.4 235 11 296.7 299.3 293.9 338.5 14.48 2 950 534 19.0 18.1 95 0.9 18.4 238 15 296.4 298.9 293.4 336.4 13.88 3 900 998 17.1 16.4 96 0.7 16.7 240 27 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.5 13.14 4 850 1486 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 237 28 303.1 305.1 293.2 335.6 10.94 5 800 2000 13.4 9.4 76 4.1 10.9 235 26 305.5 307.2 292.6 333.4 9.28 6 750 2540 9.0 4.3 72 4.7 6.3 239 30 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.4 6.94 7 700 3107 3.7 0.2 78 3.5 1.9 244 38 306.5 307.6 289.8 323.5 5.55 8 650 3704 -0.6 -2.6 86 2.0 -1.6 246 45 308.3 309.2 289.8 323.3 4.85 9 600 4340 -3.9 -4.8 94 0.9 -4.3 245 48 311.6 312.4 290.5 325.6 4.47 10 550 5023 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 245 49 315.5 316.2 291.1 327.9 3.88 11 500 5760 -11.6 -12.3 95 0.7 -11.9 247 51 318.9 319.4 291.3 328.6 2.97 12 450 6558 -17.5 -19.2 86 1.8 -18.0 248 54 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.6 1.85 13 400 7429 -23.4 -26.0 79 2.6 -24.0 247 55 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.6 1.14 14 350 8391 -30.9 -34.2 72 3.3 -31.3 244 58 327.1 327.3 291.5 329.3 0.60 15 300 9464 -39.3 -43.7 63 4.4 -39.6 247 75 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 16 250 10687 -48.9 -50.9 79 2.1 -49.0 252 97 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.14 17 200 12125 -53.6 -71.7 9 18.1 -53.9 253 97 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 18 150 13952 -60.2 -82.5 4 22.3 -60.4 256 75 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16429 -67.4 -87.5 4 20.1 -67.5 257 39 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.53 m Freezing level: 656.95 mb = 3620.94 m = 11879.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.60 mb = 3428.56 m = 11248.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.21 mb = 586.14 m = 1923.02 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1695.12 m = 5561.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.58 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.36 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1154.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.79 mb = 1047.24 m = 3435.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.79 mb = 2431.54 m = 7977.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.79 mb = 11230.32 m = 36844.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1134.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.79 mb = 13960.62 m = 45802.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.8 neg: -11.0 tot: 139.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 20.45 Bulk Shear: 56.43 m/s