MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.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: 34 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.91,-91.81 Latitude: 36.91 Longitude: -91.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 969 347 22.8 19.5 81 3.4 20.5 190 5 298.7 301.4 294.8 341.9 14.87 2 950 518 21.2 18.5 84 2.7 19.4 196 9 298.7 301.3 294.4 340.2 14.25 3 900 984 17.6 16.6 94 0.9 17.0 202 16 299.6 302.0 294.0 338.6 13.34 4 850 1472 14.6 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 210 22 301.4 303.6 293.3 335.9 11.68 5 800 1983 11.8 9.7 87 2.1 10.5 215 23 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.1 9.51 6 750 2521 9.1 4.0 70 5.1 6.2 214 25 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.1 6.80 7 700 3090 6.5 -1.5 57 8.0 2.4 226 31 309.7 310.6 290.3 325.0 4.91 8 650 3693 1.1 -1.4 84 2.5 -0.2 234 37 310.2 311.2 290.8 326.8 5.34 9 600 4331 -3.7 -4.2 97 0.5 -3.9 232 40 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.5 4.68 10 550 5012 -8.5 -9.8 91 1.3 -9.1 230 43 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.6 3.30 11 500 5747 -12.1 -13.9 87 1.8 -12.8 232 46 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.9 2.61 12 450 6547 -16.3 -17.7 89 1.4 -16.8 234 47 322.7 323.1 291.7 329.8 2.11 13 400 7422 -22.6 -24.7 83 2.1 -23.1 236 47 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.2 1.29 14 350 8387 -29.9 -32.9 75 3.0 -30.4 238 49 328.4 328.5 292.0 330.9 0.68 15 300 9464 -38.8 -42.4 69 3.5 -39.2 243 61 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 16 250 10687 -49.0 -52.3 68 3.3 -49.1 244 78 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12123 -55.2 -72.2 10 17.0 -55.5 246 87 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.01 18 150 13949 -58.3 -82.1 3 23.7 -58.6 245 71 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16441 -67.8 -87.5 4 19.7 -67.9 257 43 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.28 m Freezing level: 638.56 mb = 3838.71 m = 12594.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.03 mb = 3654.87 m = 11990.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.54 mb = 770.91 m = 2529.21 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.96 mb = 1127.99 m = 3700.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.29 C = 75.73 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1361.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.72 mb = 1034.50 m = 3393.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.72 mb = 1276.15 m = 4186.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.72 mb = 11518.18 m = 37788.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1348.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.72 mb = 14385.11 m = 47194.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 155.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 17.56 Bulk Shear: 77.51 m/s