MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.33,-94.21 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 391 20.2 18.1 88 2.1 18.8 277 11 296.6 299.0 293.3 336.2 13.72 2 950 507 19.3 17.5 89 1.8 18.1 272 19 296.8 299.2 293.2 335.4 13.38 3 900 970 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.8 274 29 298.1 300.1 292.0 330.9 11.31 4 850 1455 13.6 8.2 70 5.4 10.4 276 28 300.4 301.8 290.0 324.1 8.04 5 800 1963 11.1 5.2 67 5.9 7.8 254 22 303.0 304.3 289.9 323.8 6.94 6 750 2500 8.2 4.0 75 4.2 5.9 223 32 305.5 306.8 290.6 326.2 6.83 7 700 3066 4.3 1.7 83 2.6 2.9 221 44 307.3 308.4 290.6 326.3 6.21 8 650 3665 0.2 -0.3 96 0.6 -0.0 229 51 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.0 5.75 9 600 4303 -3.3 -3.9 96 0.6 -3.6 232 55 312.3 313.2 290.9 327.3 4.78 10 550 4987 -7.0 -7.9 93 0.9 -7.4 234 52 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.85 11 500 5726 -10.8 -12.9 85 2.1 -11.6 235 54 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.3 2.84 12 450 6528 -16.0 -19.1 76 3.2 -16.9 232 54 323.2 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.87 13 400 7403 -22.5 -26.5 69 4.1 -23.4 229 54 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.6 1.09 14 350 8368 -30.0 -33.0 75 3.0 -30.4 219 53 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.8 0.68 15 300 9445 -39.1 -42.3 71 3.2 -39.4 211 51 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.31 16 250 10669 -46.7 -59.6 22 12.9 -47.2 234 56 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12139 -50.9 -76.3 3 25.3 -51.4 254 61 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13964 -61.5 -81.1 6 19.6 -61.7 263 59 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16432 -66.7 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.8 261 46 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.45 m Freezing level: 646.53 mb = 3709.64 m = 12170.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.65 mb = 3657.23 m = 11998.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.85 mb = 654.12 m = 2146.03 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1437.32 m = 4715.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.91 C = 75.04 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.63 mb = 1145.23 m = 3757.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.63 mb = 2759.81 m = 9054.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.63 mb = 9068.33 m = 29751.36 ft B at Equ Level: 152.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.63 mb = 11031.00 m = 36190.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 6.1 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.1 neg: -14.2 tot: 144.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 103.13 m/s