MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.62,-93.39 Latitude: 36.62 Longitude: -93.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 970 332 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 237 7 298.1 300.9 295.0 342.9 15.43 2 950 515 20.9 18.9 88 2.1 19.5 228 15 298.4 301.1 294.5 340.8 14.58 3 900 982 17.8 16.9 95 0.8 17.2 226 25 299.8 302.3 294.2 339.7 13.62 4 850 1470 15.6 12.3 81 3.2 13.5 233 30 302.4 304.4 292.8 334.0 10.65 5 800 1984 14.6 3.6 47 11.0 8.4 246 38 306.7 307.9 290.5 325.7 6.19 6 750 2526 10.5 0.2 49 10.4 5.1 251 42 308.0 309.0 289.9 323.9 5.16 7 700 3094 5.1 -1.6 62 6.7 1.8 257 43 308.2 309.1 289.8 323.3 4.88 8 650 3693 -0.1 -3.6 77 3.5 -1.7 260 46 308.8 309.7 289.6 322.9 4.52 9 600 4330 -4.2 -5.6 90 1.4 -4.8 257 49 311.2 312.0 290.1 324.5 4.20 10 550 5012 -7.5 -8.3 94 0.8 -7.9 250 51 315.1 315.9 290.9 327.1 3.71 11 500 5749 -11.6 -12.3 94 0.8 -11.9 245 53 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.7 2.97 12 450 6548 -17.3 -19.3 84 2.0 -17.9 245 56 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.84 13 400 7419 -23.3 -26.9 72 3.6 -24.1 245 61 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.5 1.05 14 350 8382 -30.7 -35.0 66 4.3 -31.3 242 64 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.56 15 300 9456 -39.6 -43.3 68 3.7 -39.9 242 73 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 16 250 10675 -49.4 -52.7 68 3.4 -49.5 242 95 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12123 -53.1 -73.6 7 20.5 -53.4 251 84 348.6 348.7 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13946 -59.2 -81.9 4 22.7 -59.5 255 70 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16431 -67.2 -87.0 4 19.8 -67.3 261 46 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.38 m Freezing level: 651.00 mb = 3681.50 m = 12078.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.72 mb = 3391.75 m = 11127.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.87 mb = 616.92 m = 2024.00 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1184.20 m = 3885.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.17 C = 77.31 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 32.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1592.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.32 mb = 997.60 m = 3272.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.32 mb = 2599.24 m = 8527.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.32 mb = 11406.77 m = 37423.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1581.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.32 mb = 14668.18 m = 48123.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.6 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 275.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.37 Bulk Rich Number: 15.67 Bulk Shear: 101.62 m/s