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: 36.84,-92.02 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -92.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 970 335 20.7 19.7 94 1.0 20.1 212 10 296.5 299.2 294.3 340.0 15.09 2 950 512 19.4 19.1 98 0.2 19.2 216 21 296.8 299.5 294.3 339.7 14.83 3 900 976 17.0 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 221 31 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.1 13.07 4 850 1462 13.9 12.1 89 1.7 12.8 226 36 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.6 10.51 5 800 1972 10.8 7.3 79 3.5 8.7 225 36 302.6 304.1 290.7 326.5 8.03 6 750 2507 7.3 3.9 79 3.4 5.4 222 37 304.5 305.7 290.2 324.9 6.76 7 700 3071 3.0 2.1 94 0.9 2.5 223 40 305.8 307.0 290.3 325.3 6.39 8 650 3669 0.3 -0.0 97 0.4 0.1 227 44 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.5 5.88 9 600 4308 -2.7 -3.2 96 0.5 -3.0 233 47 313.0 313.9 291.4 328.8 5.03 10 550 4994 -6.3 -7.0 95 0.7 -6.6 237 50 316.7 317.4 291.7 329.9 4.13 11 500 5734 -10.4 -11.4 92 1.1 -10.8 238 51 320.4 321.0 292.0 330.9 3.19 12 450 6538 -15.2 -16.7 88 1.5 -15.7 236 52 324.1 324.6 292.2 332.0 2.30 13 400 7418 -21.1 -23.2 83 2.1 -21.6 231 54 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.8 1.48 14 350 8389 -28.4 -31.1 78 2.7 -28.9 226 54 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.81 15 300 9472 -37.5 -40.5 73 3.0 -37.8 223 53 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.37 16 250 10699 -49.0 -51.7 73 2.8 -49.1 223 54 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 17 200 12129 -55.4 -70.2 14 14.8 -55.6 245 70 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.01 18 150 13948 -60.1 -81.6 4 21.5 -60.3 265 65 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16441 -67.2 -87.3 4 20.1 -67.3 252 41 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.18 m Freezing level: 644.57 mb = 3737.94 m = 12263.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.79 mb = 3695.67 m = 12124.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.05 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.14 mb = 456.12 m = 1496.43 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.02 mb = 985.60 m = 3233.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.93 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 922.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.51 mb = 876.56 m = 2875.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.51 mb = 1210.98 m = 3972.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.51 mb = 11359.39 m = 37267.90 ft B at Equ Level: 910.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.51 mb = 13719.37 m = 45010.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.2 neg: -3.1 tot: 177.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 16.08 Bulk Shear: 57.38 m/s