MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.36,-93.91 Latitude: 36.36 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 403 22.2 19.9 87 2.3 20.6 213 9 298.6 301.4 295.1 343.4 15.38 2 950 518 21.1 19.0 88 2.1 19.6 213 17 298.6 301.3 294.7 341.4 14.70 3 900 985 17.8 16.6 93 1.2 17.0 217 26 299.8 302.3 294.0 338.8 13.34 4 850 1474 17.0 9.7 62 7.3 12.5 235 34 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.94 5 800 1989 14.8 3.8 48 11.0 8.5 245 39 306.9 308.0 290.6 326.1 6.28 6 750 2531 10.5 1.4 53 9.1 5.6 251 40 308.0 309.0 290.4 325.3 5.65 7 700 3101 5.6 -0.1 67 5.7 2.6 256 39 308.7 309.7 290.4 325.4 5.41 8 650 3701 0.7 -2.0 82 2.7 -0.6 256 42 309.7 310.7 290.5 325.6 5.09 9 600 4339 -3.5 -4.8 90 1.3 -4.1 254 47 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.2 4.46 10 550 5022 -7.7 -8.1 97 0.5 -7.9 251 51 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.1 3.77 11 500 5758 -12.0 -12.7 95 0.7 -12.2 250 53 318.4 319.0 291.1 327.9 2.89 12 450 6557 -17.2 -18.8 87 1.6 -17.7 249 53 321.7 322.0 291.2 328.2 1.92 13 400 7428 -23.5 -28.7 62 5.2 -24.5 248 60 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.7 0.89 14 350 8390 -30.6 -35.8 60 5.2 -31.3 244 62 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.4 0.52 15 300 9466 -38.8 -45.1 51 6.3 -39.3 243 81 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.23 16 250 10689 -48.8 -51.2 75 2.5 -48.9 243 94 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 17 200 12135 -53.5 -72.1 9 18.7 -53.8 251 90 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13956 -60.1 -82.0 4 22.0 -60.3 254 73 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16436 -67.5 -87.2 5 19.6 -67.6 262 48 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.00 m Freezing level: 641.75 mb = 3806.37 m = 12487.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.69 mb = 3581.12 m = 11748.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.08 mb = 692.03 m = 2270.43 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.63 mb = 2003.51 m = 6573.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.78 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1308.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.69 mb = 1160.73 m = 3808.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.69 mb = 2678.72 m = 8788.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.69 mb = 11323.33 m = 37149.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1294.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.69 mb = 14092.72 m = 46235.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 283.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.19 Bulk Rich Number: 12.80 Bulk Shear: 102.25 m/s