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: 36.79,-92.34 Latitude: 36.79 Longitude: -92.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 975 297 22.1 20.4 90 1.7 20.9 219 7 297.4 300.3 295.0 342.7 15.63 2 950 519 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 223 18 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.8 14.88 3 900 985 17.9 17.1 95 0.8 17.4 224 26 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.3 13.78 4 850 1473 15.1 13.8 92 1.3 14.3 226 29 302.0 304.1 293.4 336.6 11.72 5 800 1985 12.6 5.7 63 6.9 8.6 243 35 304.6 306.0 290.7 326.4 7.22 6 750 2524 8.4 1.4 61 7.1 4.6 255 41 305.7 306.8 289.6 322.9 5.64 7 700 3089 2.8 0.5 85 2.3 1.7 260 43 305.6 306.7 289.6 322.9 5.68 8 650 3685 -0.5 -1.5 93 1.0 -1.0 260 46 308.4 309.4 290.2 324.8 5.29 9 600 4322 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.5 251 48 312.3 313.2 291.0 327.5 4.85 10 550 5006 -6.7 -7.1 97 0.4 -6.9 244 50 316.2 316.9 291.5 329.3 4.08 11 500 5745 -11.4 -12.2 93 0.8 -11.7 245 54 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.1 3.00 12 450 6544 -16.7 -19.5 79 2.8 -17.6 248 60 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.4 1.81 13 400 7419 -22.1 -27.6 61 5.5 -23.2 246 65 326.3 326.5 291.7 329.8 0.99 14 350 8386 -29.7 -34.8 61 5.1 -30.4 244 63 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.8 0.57 15 300 9464 -38.7 -43.1 63 4.4 -39.1 241 69 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.28 16 250 10685 -49.4 -50.8 85 1.4 -49.5 240 89 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 17 200 12123 -55.0 -72.4 10 17.4 -55.3 250 88 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13942 -59.2 -81.9 4 22.7 -59.4 257 70 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16428 -66.7 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.8 257 44 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.11 m Freezing level: 657.26 mb = 3598.43 m = 11805.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.51 mb = 3458.99 m = 11348.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.41 mb = 515.43 m = 1691.02 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 19.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.95 mb = 1042.79 m = 3421.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.03 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1639.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.37 mb = 886.45 m = 2908.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.37 mb = 1320.31 m = 4331.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.37 mb = 11645.74 m = 38207.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1628.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.37 mb = 15042.01 m = 49349.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 273.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.37 Bulk Rich Number: 16.67 Bulk Shear: 98.34 m/s