MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 36.94,-93.73 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 964 414 25.0 14.9 54 10.1 18.3 200 11 301.3 303.4 292.9 334.2 11.15 2 950 539 23.1 13.1 53 10.0 16.7 202 15 300.7 302.5 291.7 330.2 10.03 3 900 1007 18.6 11.7 64 6.9 14.2 210 18 300.7 302.4 291.5 329.0 9.62 4 850 1494 14.4 10.1 76 4.3 11.7 219 19 301.2 302.9 291.2 328.3 9.18 5 800 2003 10.8 5.0 67 5.8 7.5 221 18 302.7 303.9 289.7 323.2 6.85 6 750 2541 10.5 -8.7 25 19.2 2.1 219 23 308.0 308.5 287.5 316.4 2.64 7 700 3113 8.3 -9.1 28 17.4 0.7 225 27 311.7 312.2 288.9 320.5 2.75 8 650 3719 4.0 -6.7 45 10.8 -0.9 227 26 313.5 314.2 290.2 324.9 3.55 9 600 4365 -0.6 -7.1 62 6.5 -3.6 225 22 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.4 3.74 10 550 5054 -5.2 -15.5 44 10.3 -8.9 225 19 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.8 2.07 11 500 5795 -10.5 -21.0 42 10.5 -13.6 243 18 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.1 1.43 12 450 6596 -16.1 -19.8 73 3.7 -17.1 260 24 323.0 323.4 291.5 329.1 1.77 13 400 7472 -22.0 -25.1 76 3.1 -22.7 257 25 326.4 326.7 291.9 330.8 1.25 14 350 8440 -29.5 -33.2 70 3.7 -30.1 236 25 329.0 329.1 292.1 331.4 0.66 15 300 9520 -38.0 -43.8 54 5.8 -38.5 236 27 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.8 0.26 16 250 10753 -45.4 -56.7 27 11.3 -45.9 274 28 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.07 17 200 12215 -52.5 -70.4 10 17.9 -52.8 277 31 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14039 -60.9 -82.2 4 21.3 -61.1 258 33 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16492 -70.1 -86.8 7 16.7 -70.2 240 25 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.72 m Freezing level: 606.80 mb = 4276.75 m = 14031.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.00 mb = 3361.93 m = 11029.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.58 mb = 1678.35 m = 5506.33 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 17.83 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3140.05 m = 10301.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.35 C = 95.62 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 0.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 17.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5539.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.81 mb = 1859.73 m = 6101.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 9.55 m/s