MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.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: 37 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.66,-90.63 Latitude: 36.66 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 993 129 21.8 20.4 92 1.4 20.9 215 9 295.5 298.3 294.3 339.8 15.40 2 950 517 19.7 18.6 93 1.1 19.0 215 24 297.2 299.8 294.0 338.8 14.36 3 900 983 17.6 16.5 94 1.0 16.9 212 29 299.6 302.1 293.9 338.4 13.27 4 850 1470 14.3 13.9 98 0.4 14.0 212 31 301.1 303.3 293.3 335.9 11.82 5 800 1981 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 213 32 302.8 304.7 292.4 332.8 10.09 6 750 2516 7.5 6.6 94 0.9 6.9 214 31 304.7 306.2 291.5 329.3 8.16 7 700 3082 3.9 2.2 89 1.7 3.0 215 31 306.8 308.0 290.7 326.4 6.43 8 650 3681 0.6 -1.4 86 2.0 -0.4 216 35 309.7 310.7 290.6 326.2 5.33 9 600 4320 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 218 40 312.6 313.4 291.0 327.4 4.70 10 550 5005 -6.6 -8.0 90 1.4 -7.2 220 43 316.2 317.0 291.3 328.5 3.79 11 500 5746 -10.4 -12.3 86 1.9 -11.1 224 40 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.2 2.98 12 450 6548 -15.6 -18.4 79 2.8 -16.4 237 42 323.7 324.1 291.8 330.5 1.99 13 400 7427 -21.3 -25.4 70 4.1 -22.3 245 45 327.2 327.5 292.1 331.5 1.21 14 350 8396 -28.8 -34.3 59 5.5 -29.7 242 44 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.1 0.60 15 300 9477 -38.2 -43.8 56 5.6 -38.7 249 47 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.26 16 250 10701 -49.4 -54.9 52 5.5 -49.6 254 54 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.09 17 200 12131 -54.7 -69.0 15 14.3 -54.9 260 81 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13962 -59.1 -82.6 3 23.5 -59.3 259 56 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16438 -67.3 -87.5 4 20.2 -67.4 262 43 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.91 m Freezing level: 641.45 mb = 3790.45 m = 12435.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.74 mb = 3609.97 m = 11843.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.19 mb = 298.98 m = 980.90 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.54 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 969.90 m = 3182.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.86 C = 78.54 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.41 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1191.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.08 mb = 727.72 m = 2387.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.08 mb = 1251.61 m = 4106.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.08 mb = 11459.60 m = 37596.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1180.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.08 mb = 14293.37 m = 46893.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 36.10 Bulk Shear: 33.01 m/s