MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.33,-93.91 Latitude: 36.33 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 85 SFC 964 401 21.7 19.4 87 2.3 20.2 226 9 297.9 300.7 294.6 341.2 14.90 2 950 532 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 19.0 220 16 297.7 300.2 294.0 338.9 14.23 3 900 997 17.8 16.4 92 1.3 16.9 224 28 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.4 13.19 4 850 1486 16.1 12.4 79 3.7 13.7 236 27 303.1 305.0 293.0 334.9 10.71 5 800 1999 12.7 10.6 87 2.1 11.4 244 21 304.7 306.6 293.0 334.9 10.08 6 750 2539 9.8 6.8 81 3.0 8.0 220 22 307.2 308.8 292.3 332.4 8.28 7 700 3111 6.9 3.3 78 3.6 4.9 221 30 310.1 311.4 292.1 331.5 6.95 8 650 3715 2.1 -1.2 79 3.2 0.4 229 36 311.3 312.3 291.2 328.2 5.41 9 600 4354 -3.2 -7.8 71 4.6 -5.2 234 38 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.7 3.54 10 550 5037 -8.1 -12.0 73 4.0 -9.5 234 40 314.5 315.1 289.8 323.5 2.77 11 500 5771 -12.6 -17.2 69 4.6 -14.1 236 41 317.6 318.0 290.0 324.3 1.99 12 450 6567 -17.6 -23.8 59 6.1 -19.2 241 44 321.1 321.3 290.4 325.4 1.25 13 400 7439 -22.7 -33.0 39 10.3 -24.5 243 51 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.59 14 350 8404 -29.8 -37.4 48 7.6 -30.8 238 56 328.6 328.6 291.7 330.2 0.44 15 300 9483 -37.9 -51.1 24 13.2 -38.8 241 73 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.12 16 250 10711 -47.9 -50.4 76 2.5 -48.0 243 84 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.15 17 200 12151 -54.3 -69.3 14 14.9 -54.6 247 95 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13973 -60.3 -82.9 4 22.6 -60.5 253 78 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16440 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 250 40 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.19 m Freezing level: 630.52 mb = 3963.85 m = 13004.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.18 mb = 3761.72 m = 12341.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.94 mb = 687.49 m = 2255.52 ft T: 19.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 11.35 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1575.82 m = 5169.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 37.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1098.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.79 mb = 1094.37 m = 3590.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.79 mb = 2485.94 m = 8155.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.79 mb = 11116.25 m = 36470.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1094.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.79 mb = 14188.38 m = 46549.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: -13.4 tot: 130.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 43.06 Bulk Shear: 25.52 m/s