MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-91.3 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 982 240 22.5 20.4 88 2.1 21.1 181 5 297.2 300.0 294.9 342.3 15.59 2 950 524 20.6 19.0 91 1.6 19.5 213 13 298.1 300.7 294.5 340.8 14.71 3 900 991 18.4 16.7 90 1.7 17.2 217 18 300.5 302.9 294.3 339.7 13.38 4 850 1480 15.2 14.0 93 1.2 14.4 220 23 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.3 11.93 5 800 1991 12.0 10.2 89 1.8 10.9 228 28 303.9 305.8 292.6 333.3 9.82 6 750 2529 8.5 5.5 81 3.1 6.8 237 35 305.8 307.3 291.3 328.7 7.56 7 700 3095 3.2 1.9 91 1.3 2.5 243 39 306.0 307.2 290.3 325.1 6.28 8 650 3692 -0.4 -1.1 95 0.7 -0.7 247 42 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.3 5.44 9 600 4329 -3.7 -4.2 97 0.5 -4.0 247 46 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.5 4.68 10 550 5013 -7.2 -7.6 96 0.5 -7.4 246 50 315.6 316.3 291.2 328.1 3.91 11 500 5751 -11.4 -12.2 94 0.8 -11.7 248 54 319.2 319.7 291.5 329.1 3.01 12 450 6550 -16.6 -18.6 85 2.0 -17.2 250 57 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.96 13 400 7426 -21.6 -24.4 78 2.8 -22.3 246 58 326.9 327.1 292.2 331.6 1.33 14 350 8396 -28.8 -32.2 72 3.5 -29.4 244 54 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.73 15 300 9478 -38.1 -41.4 71 3.4 -38.4 247 58 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 16 250 10702 -49.1 -51.7 74 2.6 -49.2 249 72 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.13 17 200 12131 -56.5 -67.6 23 11.1 -56.6 255 95 343.3 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13949 -58.6 -82.8 3 24.2 -58.8 254 72 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16435 -67.6 -87.2 4 19.7 -67.7 257 44 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.63 m Freezing level: 655.82 mb = 3622.87 m = 11885.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.51 mb = 3550.91 m = 11649.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.66 mb = 499.51 m = 1638.80 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.20 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1165.04 m = 3822.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.61 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 39.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1558.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.87 mb = 915.48 m = 3003.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.87 mb = 1450.67 m = 4759.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.87 mb = 11731.16 m = 38487.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1555.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.87 mb = 14692.30 m = 48202.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 238.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 14.35 Bulk Shear: 108.66 m/s