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: 36.59,-93.82 Latitude: 36.59 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 403 21.0 19.5 91 1.5 19.9 211 9 297.4 300.1 294.5 340.7 14.98 2 950 518 19.8 18.8 94 1.0 19.1 213 14 297.3 299.9 294.1 339.3 14.53 3 900 983 16.9 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 218 22 298.9 301.4 293.8 338.0 13.42 4 850 1471 16.0 12.6 80 3.5 13.8 227 24 302.9 304.9 293.1 335.1 10.83 5 800 1985 13.2 10.9 86 2.3 11.7 230 23 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.1 10.32 6 750 2525 10.1 7.4 83 2.7 8.5 223 27 307.6 309.2 292.7 333.8 8.65 7 700 3097 7.2 1.4 67 5.7 4.1 227 33 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.3 6.07 8 650 3701 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -1.3 233 37 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.1 4.24 9 600 4338 -4.4 -6.2 87 1.9 -5.2 231 40 311.1 311.8 289.9 323.7 4.00 10 550 5019 -8.6 -11.1 82 2.5 -9.5 232 45 313.9 314.5 289.8 323.5 2.98 11 500 5753 -12.5 -15.8 77 3.3 -13.6 237 49 317.7 318.2 290.3 325.2 2.23 12 450 6550 -17.2 -19.7 81 2.5 -17.9 239 52 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.79 13 400 7423 -22.7 -25.5 78 2.7 -23.4 236 56 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.7 1.20 14 350 8388 -29.9 -32.5 78 2.6 -30.3 233 53 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.71 15 300 9465 -39.0 -41.7 75 2.7 -39.2 237 59 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.33 16 250 10687 -49.0 -52.3 68 3.3 -49.1 239 80 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12122 -55.1 -71.2 12 16.2 -55.4 245 90 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.01 18 150 13946 -59.2 -81.8 4 22.6 -59.4 246 68 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16438 -66.9 -87.6 4 20.7 -67.0 255 44 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.50 m Freezing level: 636.59 mb = 3871.76 m = 12702.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.90 mb = 3552.95 m = 11656.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.94 mb = 591.46 m = 1940.45 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1505.78 m = 4940.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1210.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.36 mb = 989.11 m = 3245.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.36 mb = 3163.11 m = 10377.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.36 mb = 11382.92 m = 37345.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1197.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.36 mb = 14182.15 m = 46528.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.0 neg: -5.5 tot: 129.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 23.27 Bulk Shear: 52.00 m/s