MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F032.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F032.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: 32 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.33,-94.12 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 964 395 20.9 19.4 91 1.6 19.9 200 9 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.2 14.84 2 950 518 19.8 18.8 94 1.0 19.1 205 14 297.3 300.0 294.1 339.4 14.52 3 900 983 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 212 22 298.8 301.3 293.8 337.8 13.40 4 850 1471 16.0 12.8 81 3.2 13.9 225 24 302.9 304.9 293.2 335.5 10.99 5 800 1985 13.1 11.1 87 2.1 11.8 227 23 305.1 307.1 293.4 336.3 10.41 6 750 2525 10.3 7.6 83 2.7 8.6 219 26 307.7 309.4 292.9 334.3 8.75 7 700 3098 7.4 0.8 63 6.7 3.8 227 32 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.7 5.79 8 650 3702 1.6 -4.2 65 5.8 -1.2 234 34 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.3 4.30 9 600 4340 -4.1 -6.3 84 2.2 -5.1 230 38 311.3 312.1 289.9 323.9 3.97 10 550 5021 -8.1 -11.9 74 3.8 -9.6 232 44 314.4 315.0 289.8 323.5 2.79 11 500 5756 -12.2 -16.5 70 4.3 -13.6 238 48 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.2 2.10 12 450 6553 -17.3 -20.0 79 2.7 -18.1 239 53 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.4 1.73 13 400 7425 -22.9 -25.8 77 2.9 -23.6 236 57 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.16 14 350 8391 -29.7 -32.4 78 2.7 -30.2 232 54 328.6 328.8 292.0 331.3 0.72 15 300 9468 -38.9 -42.1 72 3.2 -39.2 237 59 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.32 16 250 10691 -48.8 -51.4 74 2.6 -49.0 237 81 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 17 200 12129 -54.8 -72.2 10 17.4 -55.1 245 89 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 13952 -59.5 -81.8 4 22.3 -59.7 248 69 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16442 -66.8 -87.5 4 20.7 -67.0 255 43 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.09 m Freezing level: 635.99 mb = 3880.51 m = 12731.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.57 mb = 3557.99 m = 11673.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.65 mb = 594.16 m = 1949.34 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 975.59 m = 3200.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.48 C = 72.47 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1170.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.88 mb = 974.65 m = 3197.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.88 mb = 3263.88 m = 10708.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.88 mb = 11344.62 m = 37219.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.88 mb = 14123.48 m = 46336.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 134.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 21.76 Bulk Shear: 53.77 m/s