MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.37,-92.73 Latitude: 36.37 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 976 275 22.5 20.0 86 2.5 20.8 211 7 297.7 300.5 294.8 341.9 15.24 2 950 512 20.7 18.7 88 2.0 19.4 214 18 298.2 300.8 294.4 340.2 14.44 3 900 979 17.6 16.6 94 0.9 17.0 214 24 299.6 302.0 294.0 338.6 13.35 4 850 1466 14.4 14.0 97 0.5 14.1 216 28 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.2 11.88 5 800 1977 11.4 9.9 90 1.5 10.5 220 29 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.0 9.64 6 750 2514 9.0 4.3 73 4.6 6.3 220 28 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.5 6.98 7 700 3082 4.2 2.0 86 2.2 3.0 220 29 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.4 6.32 8 650 3680 -0.0 -0.5 97 0.5 -0.3 219 33 309.0 310.0 290.7 326.5 5.69 9 600 4318 -3.4 -4.2 94 0.8 -3.8 221 38 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.9 4.66 10 550 5002 -6.7 -7.9 91 1.2 -7.2 231 42 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.5 3.84 11 500 5743 -10.3 -11.8 89 1.5 -10.9 238 46 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.7 3.10 12 450 6546 -15.4 -17.3 85 1.9 -16.0 236 46 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.3 2.19 13 400 7425 -21.5 -24.1 80 2.5 -22.2 236 48 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.8 1.37 14 350 8394 -28.8 -31.6 77 2.8 -29.3 234 45 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.8 0.78 15 300 9476 -38.1 -41.1 73 3.0 -38.4 238 50 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.35 16 250 10699 -49.2 -52.1 72 2.9 -49.4 243 58 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12131 -55.5 -72.6 10 17.1 -55.7 257 84 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 13957 -58.4 -82.8 3 24.4 -58.6 265 63 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16447 -67.3 -87.4 4 20.1 -67.4 257 43 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.79 m Freezing level: 650.02 mb = 3680.21 m = 12074.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3628.89 m = 11905.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.10 mb = 593.61 m = 1947.52 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 15.46 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.55 mb = 1039.84 m = 3411.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.33 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1265.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.34 mb = 927.59 m = 3043.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.34 mb = 1166.89 m = 3828.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.34 mb = 11509.53 m = 37760.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1259.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.34 mb = 14365.94 m = 47131.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 103.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 31.24 Bulk Shear: 40.51 m/s