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: 36.46,-91.47 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -91.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 983 218 25.1 19.5 71 5.5 21.2 215 8 299.7 302.4 295.0 342.7 14.70 2 950 514 22.5 17.5 73 5.0 19.1 208 18 300.0 302.5 294.1 339.1 13.36 3 900 982 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.8 207 21 300.9 303.2 293.9 338.2 12.71 4 850 1471 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.2 205 23 301.7 303.9 293.4 336.5 11.77 5 800 1982 11.4 9.7 89 1.7 10.4 205 25 303.3 305.0 292.2 331.6 9.51 6 750 2519 8.8 3.5 69 5.3 5.9 206 24 306.2 307.4 290.6 326.1 6.57 7 700 3087 6.3 -1.0 59 7.3 2.5 222 26 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.2 5.08 8 650 3691 1.9 -2.0 75 3.9 -0.0 231 34 311.1 312.1 290.9 327.0 5.08 9 600 4330 -3.4 -4.7 91 1.3 -4.0 226 38 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.3 4.49 10 550 5013 -7.3 -8.6 90 1.3 -7.8 224 39 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.1 3.63 11 500 5751 -11.2 -12.0 94 0.8 -11.5 226 38 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.5 3.06 12 450 6552 -16.3 -17.7 89 1.3 -16.8 232 41 322.7 323.1 291.7 329.9 2.12 13 400 7427 -22.4 -25.3 77 2.9 -23.1 239 46 325.8 326.1 291.7 330.1 1.22 14 350 8393 -29.8 -33.6 69 3.9 -30.4 241 51 328.6 328.7 292.0 330.9 0.64 15 300 9472 -38.2 -43.4 58 5.1 -38.7 247 60 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.27 16 250 10696 -49.1 -54.2 55 5.1 -49.3 251 65 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 17 200 12136 -54.3 -75.5 6 21.2 -54.6 252 83 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13962 -59.1 -82.1 4 23.1 -59.3 250 71 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.7 -87.7 4 20.0 -67.8 257 41 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.43 m Freezing level: 632.17 mb = 3918.57 m = 12856.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.75 mb = 3681.15 m = 12077.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.51 mb = 919.77 m = 3017.58 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 17.41 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1347.84 m = 4421.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1268.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.89 mb = 1204.50 m = 3951.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.89 mb = 1451.71 m = 4762.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.89 mb = 11465.73 m = 37616.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.89 mb = 14302.10 m = 46922.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 41.41 Bulk Shear: 30.63 m/s