MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.58,-91.98 Latitude: 36.58 Longitude: -91.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 975 296 24.2 19.9 77 4.3 21.2 227 7 299.5 302.3 295.2 343.8 15.15 2 950 524 21.7 18.2 81 3.5 19.3 223 11 299.2 301.8 294.3 340.0 13.98 3 900 991 17.9 16.4 91 1.5 16.9 220 15 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.4 13.15 4 850 1479 14.6 13.9 96 0.7 14.1 221 20 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.2 11.82 5 800 1990 11.5 10.1 91 1.5 10.6 223 21 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.5 9.74 6 750 2527 8.7 4.6 75 4.1 6.3 214 21 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.5 7.08 7 700 3096 6.5 -1.5 57 8.0 2.4 219 26 309.7 310.6 290.2 324.9 4.90 8 650 3699 2.1 -1.8 76 3.8 0.1 230 32 311.3 312.3 291.0 327.5 5.17 9 600 4339 -3.4 -4.3 93 1.0 -3.8 233 37 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.8 4.63 10 550 5022 -8.0 -10.9 79 2.9 -9.1 230 40 314.6 315.2 290.1 324.4 3.03 11 500 5757 -12.1 -15.8 74 3.8 -13.3 230 41 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.7 2.23 12 450 6555 -16.6 -19.6 78 3.0 -17.5 234 42 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.80 13 400 7430 -22.3 -27.2 65 4.8 -23.4 239 46 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.6 1.03 14 350 8397 -29.4 -39.0 39 9.6 -30.6 239 55 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.37 15 300 9477 -38.0 -46.3 41 8.3 -38.7 242 69 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.20 16 250 10704 -48.2 -50.8 75 2.6 -48.3 240 80 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 17 200 12139 -55.7 -69.2 17 13.5 -55.9 246 89 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13957 -60.2 -81.6 4 21.4 -60.3 246 74 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16438 -67.1 -87.7 4 20.5 -67.2 256 41 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.26 m Freezing level: 630.91 mb = 3943.77 m = 12938.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.26 mb = 3720.87 m = 12207.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.58 mb = 842.94 m = 2765.51 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 18.84 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1178.33 m = 3865.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.35 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1292.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.85 mb = 1078.30 m = 3537.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.85 mb = 1321.10 m = 4334.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.85 mb = 11357.16 m = 37260.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1292.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.85 mb = 14563.15 m = 47778.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 30.63 Bulk Shear: 42.20 m/s