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: 36.94,-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 79 SFC 962 417 21.6 18.8 84 2.8 19.6 241 11 298.0 300.6 294.2 339.6 14.32 2 950 526 20.2 17.7 86 2.5 18.5 237 17 297.6 300.1 293.5 336.8 13.51 3 900 991 18.2 16.2 88 2.0 16.8 239 28 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.3 12.97 4 850 1480 15.7 12.5 81 3.2 13.7 251 26 302.6 304.6 293.0 334.6 10.79 5 800 1993 12.6 11.6 94 1.0 12.0 254 22 304.6 306.6 293.6 336.9 10.82 6 750 2533 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.7 226 22 306.6 308.4 292.9 334.6 9.24 7 700 3103 6.2 3.5 83 2.6 4.6 227 30 309.3 310.6 292.0 331.0 7.06 8 650 3706 2.0 -4.9 60 6.8 -1.3 234 35 311.2 311.9 290.0 324.1 4.09 9 600 4345 -3.1 -9.6 61 6.5 -5.8 236 38 312.5 313.1 289.5 322.4 3.08 10 550 5028 -7.7 -12.7 67 5.0 -9.6 237 43 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.4 2.61 11 500 5763 -12.6 -17.2 68 4.7 -14.0 238 44 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.3 1.98 12 450 6559 -17.6 -25.2 52 7.5 -19.5 241 45 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.10 13 400 7430 -23.2 -37.8 25 14.6 -25.4 243 49 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.3 0.37 14 350 8394 -29.7 -46.6 18 16.9 -31.4 239 61 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.17 15 300 9473 -38.0 -51.0 24 13.0 -38.9 241 72 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.12 16 250 10701 -47.8 -50.2 77 2.3 -48.0 245 85 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.15 17 200 12140 -54.3 -68.5 16 14.1 -54.6 247 92 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13962 -61.1 -83.1 4 22.0 -61.3 254 78 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16424 -67.4 -87.6 4 20.2 -67.5 252 42 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.57 m Freezing level: 630.72 mb = 3952.42 m = 12967.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.72 mb = 3572.64 m = 11721.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.53 mb = 768.91 m = 2522.63 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.30 mb = 1607.44 m = 5273.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 38.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 977.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.93 mb = 1184.03 m = 3884.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.93 mb = 2368.11 m = 7769.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.93 mb = 11102.07 m = 36423.66 ft B at Equ Level: 966.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.93 mb = 13756.98 m = 45133.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 97.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 44.05 Bulk Shear: 22.20 m/s