MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.25,-94.96 Latitude: 36.25 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 974 306 23.1 19.9 82 3.2 20.9 200 11 298.5 301.3 295.0 342.7 15.19 2 950 520 20.5 18.9 91 1.5 19.4 204 19 297.9 300.6 294.4 340.5 14.66 3 900 987 19.7 15.4 76 4.3 16.8 219 28 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.1 12.30 4 850 1478 17.2 11.0 67 6.1 13.3 237 23 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.3 9.77 5 800 1993 13.6 11.2 85 2.4 12.0 233 19 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.1 10.48 6 750 2534 10.2 8.1 87 2.1 8.9 210 23 307.6 309.3 293.1 335.1 9.07 7 700 3106 7.1 2.3 71 4.8 4.5 224 30 310.4 311.6 291.8 330.4 6.46 8 650 3711 2.6 -5.1 57 7.7 -1.0 236 33 311.9 312.6 290.2 324.6 4.03 9 600 4351 -2.9 -8.4 66 5.5 -5.3 243 34 312.7 313.4 289.8 323.6 3.38 10 550 5034 -8.0 -13.4 65 5.4 -10.0 237 37 314.6 315.1 289.6 322.7 2.47 11 500 5768 -12.8 -20.7 52 7.9 -15.1 233 41 317.4 317.7 289.5 322.4 1.47 12 450 6563 -17.7 -31.4 29 13.8 -20.4 238 45 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.2 0.62 13 400 7434 -22.8 -41.7 16 18.9 -25.3 240 52 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.3 0.25 14 350 8400 -29.5 -48.3 14 18.8 -31.2 239 64 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.14 15 300 9481 -37.3 -49.7 26 12.4 -38.2 241 75 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 16 250 10711 -47.7 -49.5 82 1.8 -47.8 242 85 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.17 17 200 12153 -53.5 -70.0 12 16.5 -53.8 245 92 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13979 -60.9 -83.1 4 22.2 -61.0 252 76 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16438 -69.4 -87.6 5 18.2 -69.5 249 44 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.36 m Freezing level: 626.52 mb = 4011.57 m = 13161.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.40 mb = 3593.63 m = 11789.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.61 mb = 707.74 m = 2321.96 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 14.71 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.39 mb = 1769.15 m = 5804.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1170.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.76 mb = 1182.68 m = 3880.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.76 mb = 2592.48 m = 8505.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.76 mb = 11117.74 m = 36475.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1168.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.76 mb = 14194.27 m = 46568.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.9 neg: -13.7 tot: 152.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 37.02 Bulk Shear: 31.61 m/s