MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F039.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F039.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: 39 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.91,-93.18 Latitude: 36.91 Longitude: -93.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 966 375 20.7 19.4 92 1.4 19.8 240 7 296.8 299.5 294.2 339.6 14.80 2 950 520 19.7 18.8 95 0.9 19.1 232 13 297.1 299.8 294.1 339.1 14.50 3 900 985 17.1 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 227 21 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.9 13.62 4 850 1472 14.7 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 225 24 301.6 303.9 293.8 337.8 12.29 5 800 1985 12.6 11.6 94 1.0 12.0 219 29 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.8 10.78 6 750 2525 9.9 7.3 84 2.6 8.3 223 35 307.3 308.9 292.6 333.4 8.59 7 700 3095 5.6 0.3 68 5.4 2.8 236 40 308.7 309.8 290.6 325.9 5.58 8 650 3695 -0.1 -5.0 70 4.8 -2.3 249 44 308.8 309.6 289.2 321.5 4.07 9 600 4330 -4.9 -7.9 80 2.9 -6.2 257 50 310.4 311.1 289.2 321.6 3.53 10 550 5010 -8.2 -8.9 95 0.7 -8.5 259 55 314.3 315.0 290.5 325.7 3.55 11 500 5746 -11.7 -12.4 95 0.7 -11.9 255 58 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.5 2.96 12 450 6545 -17.0 -19.3 82 2.3 -17.7 252 61 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.1 1.84 13 400 7418 -22.8 -27.1 68 4.3 -23.7 248 64 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.1 1.04 14 350 8383 -29.7 -32.6 76 2.9 -30.2 247 58 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.3 0.71 15 300 9460 -38.9 -42.1 72 3.2 -39.2 243 67 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10682 -49.1 -51.0 81 1.9 -49.2 244 91 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.14 17 200 12118 -54.8 -70.3 13 15.5 -55.1 252 98 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 13941 -59.1 -82.5 3 23.4 -59.3 254 76 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16426 -67.5 -87.3 4 19.8 -67.7 257 41 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.01 m Freezing level: 651.21 mb = 3680.59 m = 12075.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.54 mb = 3419.35 m = 11218.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.79 mb = 549.38 m = 1802.40 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 955.48 m = 3134.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 26.17 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1366.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.63 mb = 903.24 m = 2963.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.63 mb = 1238.78 m = 4064.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.63 mb = 1946.53 m = 6386.17 ft B at Equ Level: 17.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.63 mb = 14206.78 m = 46609.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 13.83 Bulk Shear: 98.82 m/s