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: 36.51,-93.19 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 338 23.2 19.8 81 3.4 20.8 236 7 298.9 301.6 295.0 342.9 15.10 2 950 525 21.1 18.4 85 2.7 19.3 227 12 298.6 301.2 294.3 339.9 14.19 3 900 991 17.4 17.0 98 0.4 17.1 226 18 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.3 13.65 4 850 1478 15.4 13.5 89 1.9 14.1 229 24 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.3 11.52 5 800 1991 12.3 10.6 89 1.7 11.3 233 22 304.3 306.2 292.9 334.5 10.10 6 750 2530 10.0 4.7 70 5.3 7.0 222 24 307.4 308.8 291.5 329.3 7.17 7 700 3102 7.2 -1.1 55 8.3 2.9 224 31 310.5 311.4 290.6 326.2 5.04 8 650 3705 1.7 -2.5 74 4.2 -0.4 231 36 310.8 311.8 290.6 326.2 4.90 9 600 4344 -3.9 -5.5 88 1.7 -4.6 231 39 311.7 312.5 290.3 325.0 4.22 10 550 5025 -8.4 -10.8 83 2.3 -9.4 229 42 314.1 314.6 289.9 323.9 3.06 11 500 5758 -12.7 -16.0 76 3.3 -13.8 233 45 317.5 317.9 290.2 324.8 2.19 12 450 6556 -16.8 -19.7 78 2.9 -17.7 237 48 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.1 1.78 13 400 7430 -22.4 -23.9 88 1.5 -22.8 235 46 325.9 326.1 291.9 330.7 1.38 14 350 8396 -30.1 -32.9 77 2.8 -30.5 238 49 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.69 15 300 9473 -38.7 -43.3 62 4.6 -39.1 241 66 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.28 16 250 10697 -48.4 -52.1 66 3.7 -48.6 241 84 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.12 17 200 12135 -54.4 -71.9 10 17.5 -54.7 246 90 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.01 18 150 13959 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 247 70 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.5 -87.6 4 20.1 -67.6 252 41 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.38 m Freezing level: 635.00 mb = 3896.84 m = 12784.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.95 mb = 3631.07 m = 11912.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.14 mb = 771.83 m = 2532.24 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.93 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.45 mb = 1091.24 m = 3580.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 26.23 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1375.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.22 mb = 1007.55 m = 3305.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.22 mb = 1749.02 m = 5738.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.22 mb = 11427.27 m = 37490.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1364.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.22 mb = 14684.76 m = 48177.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.4 neg: -3.8 tot: 101.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 27.94 Bulk Shear: 49.22 m/s